Rioting settlers, Israeli soldiers clash in West
Bank <http://www.jta.org/2014/04/08/news-opinion/israel-middle-east/settlers-attack-israeli-security-forces-in-yitzhar>
JERUSALEM (JTA) 8 Apr -- Six Israeli Border Police officers were hurt in
clashes between Israeli security forces and settlers in the West Bank Jewish settlement of *Yitzhar*. Hundreds of supporters of the settlement located deep in the West Bank near Nablus rallied to the settlement late on Tuesday night after Israeli security forces arrived to demolish several "illegal" structures. People were living in two of the structures; at least two other structures were under construction. One structure was removed. The settlers threw stones, burned tires and blocked roads, according to the Israel Defense Forces. They also attacked a nearby IDF guard post responsible for the security of the 'settlement'. Two settlers were injured and eight arrested. About 200 families live in Yitzhar.
On Sunday, the tires of the IDF commander of the Samaria Brigade, Col. Yoav Yarom, were slashed while he was visiting Yitzhar. A teenage resident of Yitzhar was arrested for the crime. On Monday, the tires of a jeep on routine IDF patrol in Yitzhar also were slashed. There have been increasing numbers of attacks on security forces in the West Bank by
settlers in recent weeks, according to the IDF.
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