29.01.2012                      05.Schwat. 5772

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Palestinians form ‘civil guards’ to defend mosques

Groups defending against extremist settler attacks unarmed, but top IDF officer voices concern over possible clashes.

A number of Palestinian villages have established “civil guard” units to protect their homes and mosques from attacks by Jewish extremists, raising fears within the IDF over possible violence in the West Bank.
The civil guard units consist of men who rotate shifts throughout the night to protect mosques and homes inside the villages from so-called “price tag” attacks by settlers and right-wing extremists….