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December 9, 2008

Olmert “Ashamed” by “Pogrom” in Hebron
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Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has condemned the Jewish
settlers in the West Bank who opened fire on Palestinians last week,
saying their actions constituted a “pogrom.” The settlers shot and
wounded three Palestinians and set fire to property after Israeli
security forces evicted a Jewish group from a disputed building. Olmert
said, "As a Jew, I was ashamed at the scenes of Jews opening fire at
innocent Arabs in Hebron. There is no other definition than the term
‘pogrom’ to describe what I have seen.” The word “pogrom” is emotionally
charged in Israel as it was often used to describe Russian massacres of
Jews in the nineteenth century.



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