[fallingblock]

care to comment on this excerpt from an AP story on the removal of outposts from the West Bank?

It would seem that even lefty Israelis are hoplophobic!

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Tens of thousands of Jewish settlers and their supporters protested against the road map in downtown Jerusalem on Wednesday.

Fearing a potential civil conflict over the issue, a legislator from the dovish Meretz party, Ran Cohen, introduced legislation this week requiring gun owners to swear loyalty to the country and promise not to turn weapons against the army or the police.

He told a parliamentary committee that an estimated 10,000 armed settlers pose a serious threat and many of them belong to extremist groups.
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:what:

[CMichael]

I live in Michigan, however, I am concerned about the freeing of terrorists who have already been captured.

I think it's a travesty against future parents of dead Israeli civilians who will be killed by these criminals that they were captured and let go because of a stupid agreement.

[fallingblock]

Yes, I can certainly agree that such a prisoner release policy is going to have unfortunate consequences down the road.

One gets the impression that there is a lot of "arm-twisting" going on over this 'roadmap'
:scrutiny:

[Ian]

MicroBalrog is in Israel...

[fallingblock]

I was just curious as to how much support this proposal has:

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"Fearing a potential civil conflict over the issue, a legislator from the dovish Meretz party, Ran Cohen, introduced legislation this week requiring gun owners to swear loyalty to the country and promise not to turn weapons against the army or the police."
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It seems so like the sort of thing that 'antis' use to advance their agenda...and of course heighten public paranoia of firearms owners. :scrutiny: