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September 28, 2008

Israel's Olmert: Jewish Extremism Threatens Israeli Democracy
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Mr. Olmert says pipe bomb attack outside the home of Israeli scholar
Ze'ev Sternhell appears to have been carried out by new right-wing
Israeli underground organization 
Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says extremism is
threatening democracy in the country, after a pipe bomb attack wounded a
critic of Israel's settler movement. Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister
Ehud Olmert In his weekly Cabinet meeting Sunday, Mr. Olmert said an
"evil wind of extremism" and hate is passing through some sectors of the
Israeli public. He said the violence threatens people's ability to
express opinions without fear. Mr. Olmert said Thursday's pipe bomb
attack outside the home of Israeli scholar Ze'ev Sternhell appears to
have been carried out by a new right-wing Israeli underground
organization. He said authorities are working quickly to arrest those
involved. In other violence, Israeli police said a Palestinian shepherd
was found shot to death in the West Bank today. Palestinians are
accusing Jewish settlers of killing him. An Israeli police spokesman
says the youth's body has been taken for an autopsy and that police are
investigating. Other shepherds said they saw a white car belonging to
settlers pursue the teen late Saturday, and then heard gunshots.
Tensions between Jewish settlers and Palestinians in the West Bank have
been running high in recent weeks.

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