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Report: Settler growth rate three times that of national average    Efrat Weiss
1. double
Wonderful news.Very disturbing for the twisted biased media in Israel All the lies against pioneers not reaching the majority of the Israeli people.Even the minister of evictions Barak cannot anticipate what to do The population of Yehuda and Shomron will double again this decade. What will the leftest traiters do????Ask assistance from UN or Eu or Bush in retirement or maybe Iran will donate something.Cry baby cry your eyes out/
colin   (12.15.08)
2. two comments
It would be instructive if the definition of "West Bank" was included. For instance are settlements that even the Labor Party accepts such as Gonen, French Hill, Gilo and Modi'in also in the "West Bank"? As for crime, everyone knows that police in Judea and Samaria pester innocent civilians, especially the youth, and open fake criminal records. More indicative of crime would be actual convictions where the accusing police have to present evidence.
Israel Israeli ,   Tel Aviv   (12.15.08)
3. Crime Rate? Aren't settlers religious Zionists?
They seem to have misconstrued the meaning of religious Zionism. That's weird! Nowhere in any of our holy books does it say that a Jew can commit a crime. Crime rate - Judaism? It's an oxymoron.
Talula ,   Israel   (12.15.08)
4. Congratulations!
Congratulations to the so-called "settlers" and to Israel for them!
Dorothea Killus ,   Germany   (12.15.08)
5. Congrats to the last zionists
They love thora, their families whreas in tel aviv they love dogs and gay parades
trumpeldor ,   eurabia   (12.15.08)
6. Keep the Golan, Judea and Samaria
The Gaza Strip is no longer home to any Jews, like it or not. That means that we are rid of the 1.3 million Gaza Strip Arabs and the Gaza Strip is no longer part of Israel. They were the the fastest growing anyways. . The Arabs in Israel including Judea and Samaria have shown a big drop in birth rates. The Jewish birth rates have remained steady if not even grown a little. In the Golan live23,000 Jews and 22.000 Druze mostly friendly Jews. We should keep the Golan,Judea and Samaria.
Judah ,   Golan Heights,ISRAEL   (12.15.08)
7. #2 Crime = Getting arrested for protesting expellings
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8. good!
me ,   here   (12.15.08)
9. The crime-rate figure
B"H The crime-rate figure reported in this article by Efrat Weiss is completly false and politically motivated. In my meighborhood almost every kid has a criminal record for anti-disengagement related "crimes". Girls as young as 14 were arrested 3 years ago and kept in jail for months. The Yesha Human Rights Organization has published a report (http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3636785,00.html) revealing disproportional amount of police activity aimed solely at "West Bank settlers" - Judea and Shomron Jews.
Ariel Ben Yochanan ,   Kfar Tapuah   (12.15.08)
10. Crime statistic high because of .....
Police bias. this story broke last week when the controller came out and said this explicitly. How much we can forget in 1 week. By the way, my 2 year old runs around in the neighborhood and is safer at home then anywhere else in the world because we have caring neighbors.
Eli   (12.15.08)
11. Good news for a change .....
The two-state solution - both Jewish.
Terry ,   Eilat, Israel   (12.15.08)
12. Very goof news!! Yasher Koach!
joshua ,   mexico   (12.15.08)
13. Plans of the Sanhedrin
The Nascent "Sanhedrin" plans to accord "Ger Toshav" satus to hundreds of thousands of Noachides who claim to be descendants of the Tribe of Joseph. They will settle in the territories claiming it as their ancestral homeland and displace the arab squatters who call themselves palestinians. This will solve the problem as these Noachides are NOT Jews and have the financial and legal backing of the Evangelical Christians.
Dell Griffin ,   Walsenburg, CO   (12.15.08)
14. What Crime?
Everyone around here leaves their doors open because there's no crime.
Yishai Kohen ,   YeShA, Israel   (12.15.08)
15. What is the definition if a settler?
Is it someone that makes alliyah? Arent the people living in Haifa and Tel Aviv settlers too? Can i be a settler for a day if i drive through the west bank? WHo came to the conclusion that if you live in the West Bank, you are automatically transformed into a settler? Was it Peres and Beilin? Why arent the Arabs called settlers if the West Bank is considered disputed land? Why is it that only Jews can be called settlers? Why dont the left consider the West Bank to be disputed land anymore? So many questions with so little answers!
Freejew ,   Israel   (12.15.08)
16. Stop using terms like "Settler" and "West Bank"
they are jews - who are living in israel - thats it !!!
andrew ,   miami,fl   (12.15.08)
17. All Israelis Israelis are settlers
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18. ArutzSheva did a better job in reporting this.
Take a look at this article and compare the two: www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/128865
Michael ,   Toronto   (12.15.08)
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