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Without the army, the Jewish settlements in Palestinian territory could not exist. The IDF guards the roads leading to the settlements. The senior army commanders consult on a weekly basis with the settlers' council on possible security risks coming from Palestinian militants. In Hebron, where over 500 troops protect the city's settler families, the boundaries between soldier and settler are even more blurred than elsewhere. Six settler families actually live inside a Hebron army outpost, and their illegal presence is tolerated. Officers routinely arrange for a settler to lecture troops on the significance of Hebron to Jewish history, advocating...
...afternoon, American-Muslim organizations had issued press releases criticizing the report. The Council on American-Islamic Relations said it cast suspicion on all U.S. Muslims, even though the report repeatedly stresses that there is no obvious way to profile would-be terrorists. The Muslim Public Affairs council says the report contradicts the findings of the federal National Intelligence Estimate declassified last month. But that's an oversimplification. The National Intelligence Estimate did put more emphasis on the threat of al-Qaeda, but both reports stressed the danger of radical, self-generating cells. The federal Estimate is put together by people...
Despite the panel’s opinion, Sullivan insisted in his farewell speech that he could legally hold both positions, and that he was leaving the council because “serving in the dual positions has meant some extremely long hours away from home...
Whatever his motives, at least one critic of so-called “double-dipping,” city council candidate Sam Seidel, praised Sullivan for giving...
...While I’m sure that it was a difficult decision for Michael to step down from the city council,” Seidel said, “I think in the end it’s the right decision for him and the city he cares so much about...