Hilltop Youth Worse Than 'Militants' (aka Terrorists)?

Edmund Sanders reporting from Givat Assaf outpost for the LATimes: Settlement outposts at root of Jewish violence in West Bank thinks that this is a neutral statement of observation from "Israeli pundits":

"hilltop youths...are a bigger security threat in the West Bank than Palestinian militants."

He explains:

...After years of legal wrangling, Givat Assaf, a collection of trailers and sheds that house 25 Jewish families, was slated for demolition this month...a fringe group of young extremists, fueled by the ideological belief that the entire Holy Land belongs to the Jewish people, have embarked on a campaign of incitement, destruction and intimidation in a last-ditch effort to save their communities...The recent militant attacks appear aimed at making the prospect of dismantling even one outpost so unappealing and politically costly that the Netanyahu government will search for a way to back off...The militants think "the only way to prevent it from becoming a slippery slope toward wholesale evacuation is to put up a fight for every house or even a chicken coop,"...

...Some Israeli pundits now say the gangs, also known as hilltop youths after the sites commonly chosen for outposts, are a bigger security threat in the West Bank than Palestinian militants...

...the recent flare-up has thrust outposts to the forefront of the Mideast conflict...some lawmakers are now searching for ways to retroactively legalize the outposts. "They're trying to pressure the government and it's working," said Hagit Ofran, a spokeswoman for Peace Now, an Israeli group that opposes settlements. "The government is afraid."...

And news assistant Batsheva Sobelman in The Times' Jerusalem bureau contributed to this report.

A 'militant', Mr. Sanders, is a terrorist.

A terrorist indiscriminately and actually preferrably targets citizens in order to kill or maim them. They seek to destroy. And so far, the hilltop youth have acted no worse than the demonstrators for peace at the Bil'in Fence location vis a vis the IDF, and that in no way excuses or forgives their activities which are wrong, especially as regards their 'price tag' operations.

Next time, identify your pundit so we all know who is this stupid and spiteful person.

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