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http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1015175,00.html
Jewish settlers on explosives charges
Chris McGreal, Jerusalem
Saturday August 9, 2003
The Guardian
Two Jewish settlers were charged with possessing explosives stolen from the army yesterday, allegedly in preparation for a "terrorist attack" on Palestinian civilians. Yitzhak Pas and Matityahu Shabo were arrested in mid-July but their detention was kept secret while they were interrogated.
Mr Pas had a 10-month-old daughter, Shalhevet, shot dead by a Palestinian sniper in Hebron two years ago. Mr Shabo is his brother-in-law.
The security service Shin Bet said the two men are suspected of links to a "terror cell" in Hebron held responsible for killing at least eight Palestinians and for an abortive attempt to blow up a Palestinian school in East Jerusalem last year.
So far they have been charged only with possession of 4kg of explosives stolen from an army base and discovered in their car at a roadblock on the edge of Jerusalem last month.
Prosecutors say the police believe the explosives were to be used for an attack on Palestinians. The two men refused to cooperate with the investigators, who had to obtain a court order just to obtain their fingerprints.
A government statement said Mr Shabo was suspected of being involved with a group from Bat Ayin settlement who were stopped on their way to place a bomb outside a Palestinian school last year.
Shin Bet believes that Mr Pas funded the attempt. Six other men are being held in connection with over the plan.
Hebron where about 500 Jewish settlers live in the midst of 130,000 Palestinians, is among the most tense West Bank towns and provide the core support for the Jewish extremist movement Kach, which is banned in Israel and listed by the US as a terrorist organisation.
The men's lawyer, Naftali Wertzberger, said he had expected more serious charges.
As he left court, Mr Pas said: "Instead of inventing all kinds of underground groups, the Shin Bet should go deal with the real enemies of Israel."
Meanwhile the army shot dead two Hamas activists in a raid on the West Bank city of Nablus yesterday. Hamas described Fayez Assader as the leader of its military wing in Nablus and Hamis Abu Salam as a member. An Israeli soldier, Ro'i Oren, also died.
A Hamas leader in Gaza, Ismail Abu Shanab, said the killings were a "gross violation" of the ceasefire declared by the group, together with Islamic Jihad and al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, at the end of June.
The Hamas military wing issued a statementsaying: "We call on our resistance cells to respond to these crimes and to teach the enemy a deterrent lesson."
But the Israelis, who do not regard themselves as partners to the ceasefire, said Abu Salem was shot because he was planning further attacks. Israeli military intelligence accuses Hamas and Islamic Jihad of using the ceasefire as a cover to re-arm.
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