Sunday, August 9, 2015

THE HILLTOP YOUTH: A monster “Golem” turning on its creator?

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I24 NEWS – There is something romantic in the term “Hilltop Youth”. It connotes nature and youthful energy. But there is nothing romantic in that group of far-right violent youngsters. They pose an imminent threat to their neighbors in the Palestinian villages near the West Bank hilltops where they reside, and to Israeli democracy. They are the main suspects in the killing of an 18-month-old Palestinian and his father, whose home they set on fire ten days ago. They’re also the main suspects in the arson of one of the world’s most sacred churches, on the shores of the Sea of Galilee. International outrage at both brutal acts have turned them from a local menace to a major Middle East threat.

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