Jews Torch Army Vehicle With Soldier Inside

The Jerusalem Post reports:

Violence in northern Samaria ahead of the planned evacuation of Homesh and Sa-Nur later this week has taken a turn for the worse as eight masked far right activists assaulted an IDF truck laying barbed wire on a road leading toward the area.

They punctured its tires and then poured petrol over it and set it alight. The driver, who believed they were Arabs, leaped out and cocked his weapon at the youth. They shouted not to shoot because they were Israelis and then fled. The driver was unharmed, but the truck was completely gutted.

Earlier, three policemen were lightly wounded after Jewish youths hurled stones at a police vehicle near the Kedumim junction in the West Bank, Judea and Samaria Police District spokesman said.…

On Sunday morning, dozens of settlers scuffled with IDF soldiers outside Sa-Nur.…

Activists have promised that the opposition in northern Samaria will out-do last week's events in Gaza.

The center of opposition to the pullout in northern Samaria is expected to be in the settlement of Homesh.

MK Aryeh Eldad, who has barricaded himself inside the settlement, said: "we are not joining in the play here. There is really a struggle over the Land of Israel and if you call that struggle a play, then everything that Sharon does is a play and it is possible to struggle against it." …