Israel Matzav: Good news: IDF preparing soldiers to deal with 'Jewish demonstrations' and 'settler violence'

Good news: IDF preparing soldiers to deal with 'Jewish demonstrations' and 'settler violence'

Apparently anticipating government compliance with an Obama administration demand to extend the 'settlement freeze' when it expires at the end of September, the IDF is giving troops stationed in Judea and Samaria a 'crash course' on dealing with 'Jewish demonstrations' and 'settler violence.'

The IDF Central Command has prepared a special crash course for soldiers in the Judea and Samaria Division amid concern about a possible escalation in settler violence should the government extend the moratorium on new settlement construction in the West Bank beyond the end of September, senior officers have told The Jerusalem Post.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu convened top cabinet ministers earlier this week to discuss the US’s demands to extend the freeze, which were presented during his visit to the White House in March.

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As a result, the Judea and Samaria Division decided recently that all military units deployed in the West Bank will undergo a crash course in dealing with Jewish demonstrations and settler violence.

As part of the course, soldiers will watch movies from past incidents and will hold discussions to determine potential flash points and learn how to neutralize them. The course will also include live simulations during which commanders and soldiers will learn how to confront and disperse Jewish demonstrations in the West Bank.

I suppose the government is trying to have less violence than the Olmert government had at Amona (pictured above).

The demand that the government extend the freeze was inevitable - I predicted it right after the freeze was announced. And apparently the IDF doesn't think the government will stand up to it.

What could go wrong?

Israel Matzav: Good news: IDF preparing soldiers to deal with 'Jewish demonstrations' and 'settler violence'