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HATEFUL CRIMINALS: QUOTES BY COLONIAL ISRAELI SETTLERS IN HEBRON


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NOAM FEDERMAN
"AVRAHAM AVINU" COLONIAL SETTLEMENT
“I think the government should put bombs in hospitals but unfortunately the government doesn't do it, so it is up to the people to do those things.”
Suzanne Goldenberg, “Israel thwarts Jewish bomb attack on school,” The Guardian, May 13, 2002.


DAVID WILDER
"BEIT HADASSAH" COLONIAL SETTLEMENT
According to Chris McGreal of The Guardian, David Wilder warned that if Ariel Sharon tries to remove more West Bank settlements it could provide the pretext for the Jews of Hebron to achieve their goal of expelling the Palestinian residents from Hebron:
“All of those people who seem to be in favour of these unilateral expulsions [Israeli settlers in Gaza], they should have reason to be worried because expulsion is a two-way street and if it's permissible to expel Jews in the name of peace then it’s also permissible to expel others in the name of peace.”
Chris McGreal, “Life under siege in a divided city: Palestinian families driven from homes by settlers in 'cleansing' of Hebron in the West Bank,” The Guardian, December 9, 2005.


NOAM AND ELISHEVA FEDERMAN
"AVRAHAM AVINU" COLONIAL SETTLEMENT
Noam Federman and his wife tell [reporter Haim Yavin] on camera that an ultimatum has to be presented to the Arab residents of Hebron: Either they leave the country immediately, or the Israel Air Force will bomb their homes.
Tom Segev, “Our man in the territories,” Ha’aretz, May 27, 2005.


NOAM FEDERMAN
"AVRAHAM AVINU" COLONIAL SETTLEMENT
“There is no turning of the other cheek in Judaism...  Judaism is revenge.  Whoever says there are military solutions speaks incorrectly, because there will always be another Arab and another Arab who will want to kill Jews.  If there won't be Arabs in the country, there won't be attacks.”
“The Kahanes: Like father, like son,” BBC, December 31, 2000.


DAVID WILDER
"BEIT HADASSAH" COLONIAL SETTLEMENT:
“Until we take it all, there won't be peace.”
Paul Wiseman, “Settlers are defiant island in sea of hostility,” USA Today, April 30, 2002


RABBI DOV LIOR
CHIEF RABBI AT " KIRYAT ARBA" COLONIAL SETTLEMENT
"'In the course of battle the IDF is allowed to hurt an ostensibly innocent civilian population.' He also maintains that 'there is no reason to feel guilty because of the morality of infidels.'"
JPost.com Staff, The Jerusalem Post, May 24, 2004.


MOSHE LEVINGER, original founder of the first colonial settlement in the West Bank
"AVRAHAM AVINU" COLONIAL SETTLEMENT
“The Arabs know to behave like good boys around us.”

“I’m not happy when any living creature dies—an Arab, a fly, a donkey.”

In the Israel he envisaged, Arabs would be allowed to stay only so long as they “behave themselves. Foreign residents”-- Levinger’s designation for Arabs -- “will be allowed to stay in Israel if they follow our laws and don’t demand privileges.”  He added that they might vote “for mayors and such” but not for Prime Minister.  He did not believe that the Arabs would acquiesce to such an arrangement, and that is why he advocated “transfer”— a euphemism for mass expulsion.  “Whoever hurts Jews will be expelled,” he said.
Jeffrey Goldberg, “Among the Settlers: Will they destroy Israel?” The New Yorker, May 31, 2004


BARUCH MARZEL AND NOAM FEDERMAN
"RAMOT YISHAI" AND "AVRAHAM AVINU" COLONIAL SETTLEMENTS
In a sequel to its slogan campaign “If there are no Arabs, (there will be) no terror attacks,” extreme right wing activists Wednesday launched a new slogan campaign, planning to distribute bumper stickers and pamphlets reading “If there are no leftists, (there will be) no terrorist attacks.”
The anti-Arab stickers, which appeared close to last year's Holocaust Remembrance Day, were distributed as part of a drive by followers of slain militant Rabbi Meir Kahane to win support for expulsion of all Arabs from Israel and the territories.The radio said pro-Kahane activists Baruch Marzel and Noam Federman were also behind the campaign, which it said was well-financed by donations.
“New far-right slogan campaign : ‘No leftists, no terror,’” Ha’aretz, January 30, 2002


SHMUEL BEN-YISHAI, spokesman for "KIRYAT ARBA" COLONIAL SETTLEMENT
"The Palestinians are not afraid of the soldiers.  But they are afraid of us."
Johanna McGeary, “Middle East Neighbor Against Neighbor: Jewish settlers join the battle against the Palestinians,” TIME Magazine, February 22, 1988.


CHAIM WALDMAN
"When I go out in my car, I'm hunting for Arabs.  I put a bullet in the chamber of my M-16 and keep it pointed out the window with the safety off."

"There is a Jewish intifadeh now, and it can't be stopped.  We're headed for war."

"After an Arab attack, we send out an alert, jump into our cars and head for the area.  Then we destroy and burn."

"Arabs have good reason to fear me."
Jon D. Hull, “Middle East Fighting Fire with Fire: Tired of stones, Israeli settlers launch their own revolt on the West Bank,” TIME Magazine, June 26, 1989.


AARON DOMB
KIRYAT ARBA
"Killing Arabs doesn't help our cause. That's why we talk about expulsions.  It's more humane.”
Jon D. Hull, “Middle East Fighting Fire with Fire: Tired of stones, Israeli settlers launch their own revolt on the West Bank,” TIME Magazine, June 26, 1989.


DAVID YISRAELI
"If I can't live in Hebron, you can't have peace."
Kevin Fedarko, “When Revenge Comes First: Eye-for-an-eye violence between settlers and Palestinians mocks the idea of coexistence,” TIME Magazine, December 20, 1993


BARUCH MARZEL
"RAMOT YISHAI" COLONIAL SETTLEMENT
"It is only a matter of time until there is war between the Jews and Arabs, and it will start from here [Hebron]."

"The Arabs have to understand this is a Jewish state, and they have got to leave.  Peacefully if they want; if not, we will make them.  Just let me rule Hebron for 24 hours, and they would leave. If they strike at me, I will hit back five times harder.  The only solution is to be stronger than they are."
Johanna Mcgeary, “Over Their Dead Bodies: Hebron's Immovable Jewish Settlers Are Living Land Mines In The Tangled Peace Process,” TIME Magazine, November 4, 1996


MIRIAM LEVINGER, original founder of the first colonial settlement in the West Bank
AVRAHAM AVINU SETTLEMENT
"Nashrallah and Bin Laden want to wipe out the Christian world. And where are the Christians? In Hevron, inciting the Arabs neget the Jews. And they don't care that they're going to wake up in the morning with a knife in their back. Their hate for the Jews drives them crazy... That shows how much brains the Christians have!"

"The claim to Israel by the Arabs is based on the claim that Muhammad said he's instead of Moses. That means anybody who says that Israel belongs to the Arabs is saying that Muhammad is instead of Moses. ...Their claim to Israel -- they have no claim to Israel! The only claim they have to Israel is because Muhammad said that he's instead of Moses. ...And I'm telling you that anybody who says that Israel doesn't belong only to the Jews is saying that Muhammad is instead of Moses."

"And the Al Qaeda, what do they said, Al Qaeda? They're going to make the whole world Arab, and they're going to make you Arab also. What does Al Qaeda say? 'We will conquer the world and we will make all the world Arabs!' That's what they say!"

"The pope is a poodle!"

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DAVID WILDER
"BEIT HADASSAH" COLONIAL SETTLEMENT
"Take all the Arabs and remove them."
Keith B. Richburg, “In Hebron, History and Hate Divide Neighbors; 2 Men a Microcosm Of Mideast Conflict,” The Washington Post, 10/16/2000


AVISHAI RAVIV
"KIRYAT ARBA" COLONIAL SETTLEMENT
"I came here to identify with the man.  I am not sorry that Arabs died, I think many more should die."
HERB KEINON, “300 attend service for Baruch Goldstein,” Jerusalem Post, 2/17/1995


ARYE, 12 year-old-boy
Arye, 12, was eager to explain that killing Rabin was "not okay because he was a Jew."  He said that the difference between Amir's act and that of Goldstein was that Goldstein attacked "criminals, and criminals should be killed."
Jon Immanuel , “Ten policemen guard Goldstein's tomb” Jerusalem Post, 11/9/1995.


ITAMAR BEN-GVIR
"Dr. Goldstein was a symbol of dedication, he went against the grain, and a lot of people are going to go against the grain if the prime minister tries to expel Jews from their homes.”

Ben-Gvir says Goldstein was a "holy Jew" and the Hebron massacre a "holy act."
Larry Derfner, “Beyond the pale,” Jerusalem Post, 4/1/2005


RABBI ELIEZER WALDMAN, original founder of the first colonial settlement in the West Bank, "KIRYAT ARBA"
"If it's your homeland, you must say, It's mine.  If you begin speaking about the rights of others, people will think it's not yours."
Marguerite Michaels, “Settlers: Violence to Do God's Work,” TIME Magazine, September 13, 1993


YONA KHAYKIN, moved to Hebron from Boston
“ ‘You may say the fact that Jews lived here 2,000 years ago is no reason for Jews to live here now – that it’s an Arab city and it’s not ethical to force them out.  Well, I say Western European values are bullshit.  The Messiah will come.  There will be a Jewish kingdom.  Jews will be the spiritual bosses of the world.  …You can’t create a messianic Jewish state with 1.9 million Arabs! ’
Khaykin boasts that he and his friends deliberately provoke Arabs into violence, hoping that the army will respond by driving them off the West Bank.”

“We came to Hebron out of a sense of adventure and outrage.  The adventure is building a Jewish kingdom.  The outrage is that Arabs still live here.”

“Several months ago, Khaykin told me, he and fifty armed settlers broke into a mosque in nearby Halhoul during Friday afternoon prayers to give his three-year-old son a ritual haircut.  They set up a table on prayer rugs.  A rabbi cut the child’s hair; then the settlers brought in watermelon from a truck.  ‘We offered the Arabs some melon,’ Malka Khaykin, Yona’s 31-year-old-wife said, recalling the shock on the Arabs’ faces. ‘They refused.  We spit the seeds all over the floor.’ "
Robert I. Friedman, "Inside the Jewish Terrorist Underground" Village Voice, November 12, 1985


MALKA KHAYKIN, moved to Hebron from Boston
“The Arabs are worse than the niggers – but not by much.”
Robert I. Friedman, "Inside the Jewish Terrorist Underground" Village Voice, November 12, 1985


MEIR INDOR, “Kiryat Arba” colonial Israeli settlement
“…The Arabs must know that there is a master here – the Jewish people.  It rules over Eretz Israel. 
The Arabs are temporary dwellers who happen to live in the country…
The Israeli government must break the very concept of Arab leadership.”
“Walking with Heads Raised,” Journal of Palestine Studies, Vol. 9, No. 4, Summer, 1980.  Originally published in Al Hamishmar, February 8 1980.


MIRIAM LAPID, “Kiryat Arba” colonial Israeli settlement
“I think the most humanitarian solution and the most Jewish one is that the two peoples should not live here together.  If Rabbi Kahana has opened an office and wanted to arrange one-way flight tickets for Arabs should he sit in prison for that?  In a more sophisticated state the government itself would have initiated this under the cover of private enterprise.  Were this the policy, one could have pleasantly created the atmosphere among the Arabs that it is worthwhile to go make money in Kuwait.
…I think that what is happening to Jews abroad, with 70 percent mixed marriages, will happen here too.  I’ve seen the university and how our daughters dance around the Arabs. 
…The people of Israel have accepted the Arabs’ presence in Israel.  It hurts me that they are not regarded as something temporary.” 
“Walking with Heads Raised,” Journal of Palestine Studies, Vol. 9, No. 4, Summer, 1980.  Originally published in Al Hamishmar, February 8 1980.




http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/israel/view/
The following quotes are taken from the following documentary: Dan Setton,
“Israel’s Next War,” FRONTLINE, PBS, 2005.  All the individuals were filmed and identified on camera saying the quotes that are attributed to them.


SHMUEL BEN YISHAI
[through interpreter] There are certain conditions, according to Jewish law, under which non-Jews may live here. This doesn't apply to the Arabs. They don't fit the category. They have to get the hell out. Whoever leaves under his own steam will save his own life. Whoever doesn't, will have to pay the price. This is the land of Israel.


NOAM FEDERMAN
"AVRAHAM AVINU" COLONIAL SETTLEMENT
[through interpreter] “Revenge is an important value. The Talmud says that it is one of the greatest things. Revenge is great.”

“We basically explain the Arab problem as Rabbi Kahane saw it…  We say this country should be a Jewish country, with all of the far-reaching implications.”




The following quotes are taken from the following documentary: Micha X Peled, “Inside God’s Bunker,” 1994.  
All the individuals were filmed and identified on camera saying the quotes that are attributed to them.


RUTHIE HIZMI
"BEIT HADASSAH" COLONIAL SETTLEMENT
“I mean, the moment you step outside the fence around Beit Hadassah, you immediately run into Arabs.  It's hard.  Arabs, dust, smoke, dirt…  It’s hard.”


UNIDENTIFIED HEBRON SETTLER, FACE SHOWN
While driving through Hebron at night, he describes how Hebron settlers destroy
Palestinian cars at night:
“Cars are the classic targets.  You can cause 15,000 shekels worth of damage just like that.  It takes very little effort.  And if you weren’t filming...  We’ve got the technical know-how.  We’re trained and equipped – each vehicle has the necessary gear.  Knives to cut what needs to be cut.  Petrol and matches, whatever we need. Contact Glue…
Peled: Why contact glue?
“Contact glue and petrol works like napalm.  It flares up and never stops.”
Peled:  You throw this on a car, or what?
“Yes.  You use a knife to cut the rubber around the windscreen.  It falls inside.  You throw the mixture on the dashboard, light a match, say a prayer and that’s that.”
Peled:  You do it as a response to an assault against you?
“Not necessarily.  The enemy must be kept down at all times.  It’s just that we need more time and more people to do it.”


DANNY HIZMI
"BEIT HADASSAH" COLONIAL SETTLEMENT
“A Jew who gets hit with a stone doesn’t just ignore it.  I stop when they throw stones at me.  Sometimes I manage to catch the stone-thrower, which isn’t easy. But if I succeed, then of course I beat him up if I have to and I turn him over to the army.  We live here, we won’t have stones thrown at us like dogs.
If Arabs were all peace-loving people and were tall and good-looking with blue eyes we would behave like in Sweden.  But this is the Middle East and the rules are different here.
There have been at least 5 or 6 times when I could have killed an Arab and been acquitted in court because it was that kind of incident.  But I can’t.  We Jews cannot kill.”


Sticker on the wall of Baruch Marzel’s office in "Ramot Yishai" colonial settlement:
“I already killed an Arab.  And you?”  


BARUCH MARZEL
"RAMOT YISHAI" SETTLEMENT

“If we let the Arabs stay here, there will be no peace in this country.  So we must deport all our enemies.”


RABBI SHIMON, teaches the Torah at the Seminary in Hebron
After shooting live bullets with a few other colonial settlers into a crowd of Palestinians -- some of whom were throwing stones -- and injuring three Palestinians
“Unfortunately, the army is taking us to court instead of giving us medals and appreciation.”


7 settler boys, ages 8-11, sang the following song in a van on their way to school
“All the world hates the Arabs
And the main thing is to kill them one by one”
…With these feet I stepped on my enemy
With these teeth I bit his skin
With these lips I sucked his blood
And I still haven’t had enough revenge”


7 settler boys, ages 8-11, sang the following song as they walked by Beit Hadassah
settlement
Ami Popper put on his army uniform and asked men waiting at a bus stop for their ID cards. After confirming they were Palestinians he lined them up and opened fire, killing seven.  
“Ami Popper, we all love you!
There’s no one like you in the world”


5 settler boys, ages 8-11, yelled the following at a Palestinian as they walked into
market
“Look – a monkey in a cage!”


Settler boy, 9-10 years old, blonde said
“They want to kill us.  Not like us, we only want to kick them out.  They can live, just not here. IIt is in their nature to kill and in our nature to live…”
Peled:  Do you know any Arabs personally?
“No”
Peled: You never talk to Arabs?
“I don’t speak to Arabs”


Settler boy, 9-10 years old, dark hair (son of Anat Cohen)
“There are no good Arabs; they’re born liars!  We were born compassionate, they are cruel by nature, born to kill.”

“If an Arab attacks me, or is planning to harm me, or is thinking something about me that I don’t want him to think, I’ll kill him.  I’ll kill him because I know he can’t be a blameless, innocent citizen.  I’m only killing an Arab, just an Arab.  He wants to kill me and I’m the ruler here.”


ANAT COHEN
"BEIT HADASSAH" COLONIAL SETTLEMENT
“My children follow directly on from me.  I feel it… my children are my force.”


RUTHIE HIZMI
"AVRAHAM AVINU" COLONIAL SETTLEMENT
“He [Ruthie’s son] could be an excellent student, but he’s busy with so many things apart from his studies.”
Peled:  Such as?
“Such as throwing stones at cars” [chuckles]


DANNY HIZMI
"AVRAHAM AVINU" COLONIAL SETTLEMENT
“No one [settler] will lay down his arms [to the Israeli army] willingly.  …After all, we have other ways of getting weapons… if we want to.  We know how to get to the military armories.  We all serve in the Army.  We can take over an Army base if it becomes necessary.”


GILON BEN SAYID, poem to Baruch Goldstein, the colonial settler who massacred 29 Palestinians while they were praying in the Ibrahimi Mosque
"KIRYAT ARBA" COLONIAL SETTLEMENT
“Valiant warrior and holy Hassid…Pure of heart and soul brother, we shall always love you.”

“In the Scriptures it is written that at the death of the Tsadick, the Saint, the Almighty sends down rain during the funeral.  Here, it wasn’t just rain, it was a real deluge even though no rain was expected that day.  We have here a clear sign that the Heavens are pleased by Dr. Goldstein’s act of deliverance for the people of Israel.”


HEMI, a blonde settler boy about 12-14 years old
“He [Baruch Goldstein] did a good thing.  It’s just a pity they murdered him.  They’re not just Arabs, they’re murderers.”
Peled:  Tell me, Hemi, if you had been around that morning and you’d seen Baruch Goldstein about to do it, would you have tried to stop him?
“No, I’d have tried to help him if I could.”


DANNY HIZMI
"AVRAHAM AVINU" COLONIAL SETTLEMENT
“I believe it [the massacre of 29 Palestinians in the Ibrahimi Mosque] will be of help because every event in the process of Redemption is a step forward.”


Young settler boy, dark hair, age 7-8
“My teacher said that his [Baruch Goldstein] was a good deed.  We’re just sorry he died”
Peled:  You’re not sorry for the dead Arabs?
“No.”