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Israel security forces clash with west bank settlers Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=awCjut8PSMv0&refer=top_world_news http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=awCjut8PSMv0&refer=top_world_news Israeli Police, Settlers Clash in West Bank Clearance (Update1) Feb. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Israel's security forces evacuated an illegal settlement in the West Bank, tearing down nine houses after clashes with residents and outside protesters that left more than 150 people hurt, police and a hospital official said. The confrontation at the illegal Amona outpost was the worst since August, when the government evacuated more than 8,000 residents of Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip and northern West Bank. Unlike those settlements, Amona is one of more than 30 outposts that were built without Israeli permission. ``Israel will not tolerate a situation of lawlessness and will take whatever steps are necessary to ensure that the rule of law is upheld,'' David Baker, a spokesman for acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, said in an interview from Jerusalem. Olmert pledged to uproot Amona and other unauthorized settlements after taking leadership of the government when Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was hospitalized Jan. 4 for a massive brain hemorrhage. Settlers said the evacuation was an election ploy by Olmert, who will lead Sharon's Kadima Party in Israel's March 28 election. Sharon's popularity increased both in Israel and internationally after he cleared out the Gaza settlements. At least 90 settlers and their supporters in Amona, including two members of parliament, were treated for injuries as paramilitary border police officers used water cannon and clubs to subdue the residents, Hadassah Ein Karem Hospital spokeswoman Yael Bossem-Levy said at a news conference broadcast from Jerusalem. Threw Rocks Sixty police officers were injured, one seriously, after the settlers threw rocks, construction material, bottles, eggs and paint from the rooftops, police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld said by telephone from Amona. Expecting violent clashes, the government brought in 2,700 border police officers to remove the settlers, many on horseback and swinging batons, Rosenfeld said. They were supplemented by 6,000 soldiers who closed off the surrounding area while the evacuation was carried out, Rosenfeld said. Among those injured was former Infrastructure Minister Effie Eitam, whose head was covered with blood. Eitam was in Amona to support the settlers. ``The police used the necessary level of force to deal with the level of rioting that they encountered,'' Rosenfeld said. Last Updated: February 1, 2006 09:30 EST

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