THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Axe Attack Infuriates Settlers JERUSALEM (JTA) — Jewish settlers on the West Bank are furious over the axe attack on one of them in the Nablus marketplace Monday morning and the escalation of stone- throwing incidents against Jewish vehicles throughout the territory. They are venting their anger on the military for al- leged failure to provide adequate protection and on government leaders who, they claim, reneged on promises to take tougher measures to prevent vio- lence against Jews. The victim of Monday's attack was Yossi Stern, a resident of Bracha, a Jewish settlement close to Nablus. He sustained moderate wounds on his head, back and hand when he was as- saulted with an axe while loading vegetables on a truck in the Nablus mar- ketplace at 7 a.m. Stern, who was armed, as most settlers are, fired several shots into the air as he fell to the ground. A companion, Kalman Bach from the nearby settlement of Eilon Moreh, seized an Arab who had been standing close to Stern. Security forces later detained an- other suspect. A curfew was clamped on the market and on the nearby Askar refugee camp. Dozens of local Arabs were hauled in for questioning as Stern received treatment at a hospital. - Bach was attacked at the same spot .10 months ago. His assailant has not been caught: He echoed the sen- Love To Knit? Can't Get It Together? Quality Finishing At Reasonable Prices. 357-2721 Buy Yourself A timents of Jewish settlers when he warned that the situation will continue until the army and military gov- ernment take strong meas- ures. "This sabotage and hatred cannot be dealt with in positive terms. It must be put to an end once and for all. Every terrorist caught should be deported out of the country," Bach said. Benny Katzover, chair- man of the settlers council for the Samaria region, de- manded that the Nablus market be shut down until the perpetrators are found. He accused Premier Yit- zhak Shamir and Defense Minister Moshe Arens of not keeping their recent promises to take tougher measures against West Bank Arabs. "If the present situa- tion does not change we shall not keep quiet," he said, a hint that the settlers would take the law into their own hands. The presence of Israeli se- curity forces has increased noticeably. Nevertheless, two Israeli bus drivers were slightly injured Monday night when rocks were hurled through the windshields of their ve- hicles. One incident oc- curred near Nablus and the other near Ramallah. Army reinforcements have been deployed in the territory in recent days to deal with an anticipated up- surge of violence on Tues- day, the 36th anniversary of the United Nations deci- sions to partition Palestine into Jewish and Arab states. Soldiers were manning look-out posts near refugee camps. Israeli buses had armed police escorts and, in some areas, convoyed by army vehicles. Last week, Rabbi Moshe Levinger, leader of the Gush - Emunim militants of Kiryat Arba, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that "the Defense Ministry is helpless and has not changed its basic posi- HANUKA PRESENT BEST NEW - AUTO LOAN RATE IN TOWN 11.00% APR-36 Mo.112.00°A,APR-48 Mo./15% Down Serving B'nai B'rith Members and Their Families COVENANT CREDIT UNION 25835 Southfield Road Phone 552-8111 ELECTROLYSIS WORKS! HELEN ZINBERG R.E. WE HAVE BEEN HELPING PEOPLE FOR 23 YEARS RID THEMSELVES OF UNSIGHTLY HAIR. REMOVE UNWANTED HAIR FROM FACE, BODY AND LEGS PERMANENTLY. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED BY PHYSICIANS. USING EXCLUSIVE AUTOTRON, NO FOOT PEDAL. 16125 W. 12 MILE RD. OPEN MON. THROUGH FRI. INCLUSIVE BY APPOINTMENT — 557-8115 tion regarding the at- tacks on us." The army, while - quelling stone- throwing and other acts of violence by Arabs, has tried, not always suc- cessfully, to prevent re- prisals by Jewish settlers. When a rock was thrown at a bus enroute from Jerusalem to Kiryat Arba, as it passed through the Arab town of Halhoul, the passengers, mostly Kiryat Arba residents, got off and began to dance in the streets. They were joined by other Jews from passing cars and the main street of the town was blocked to traffic. The army rushed troops to the scene and prevailed upon the settlers to leave. But a - number of uniden- tified settlers remained in the town to smash the win- dows of several houses and the windshields of Arab buses. Arab eye-witnesses told the JTA that three men and a woman hurled rocks through their windows. Levinger denied that there was any plan to smash windows and claimed he didn't know who was re- sponsible. 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The sentence was pronounced two years after the incident. Meanwhile, an army spokesman announced that the gang responsible for the murder of yeshiva student Aharon Gross in the Hebron marketplace last July has been apprehended and con- fessions obtained. The al- leged killers were not iden- tified but were described by the spokesman as "religious extremists." Kiryat Arba residents immediately de- manded the death penalty for them. Israel does not have a death penalty. Labor Alignment MKs Yossi Sarid and Victor Shemtov praised the authorities today for cap- turing the murderers of Gross. They expressed hope that the same efforts would be devoted to finding the killers of peace activist Emil Grunzweig last Feb- ruary and the perpetrators of the bomb attack which maimed two Arab mayors on the West Bank in 1981. Jewish extremists are be- lieved responsible for those crimes. Friday, December 2, 1983 57 PHONE-A-FOOTBALL Go For It! Great piece. - PHONE-A-DUCK Quack-Quack! ... 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