(Ha'aretz) Nadav Shragai - Hundreds of policemen and security services personnel evacuated settlers and their supporters Thursday from the outpost that was established at the site of the clash last month in Hebron in which terrorists killed 12 Israelis. Both sides showed restraint, and leaders of the settler movement were active in defusing tensions. The IDF had already set up a defensive position at the site, which is now reinforced following the evacuation, to provide more security to those who use the pathway leading from the Tomb of the Patriarchs to Kiryat Arba.
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