The final group of recalcitrant settlers were forcibly removed by the army from Elon Moreh last night. A number of Rabbi Meir Kahane’s Kach movement members who had come to “reinforce” the recalcitrant settlers were arrested. Heavy equipment was at work at the site today transporting the trailer homes to the new settlement at Djebil Kebir. The diehard group included four of the original 15 Elon Moreh families and 10 singles. Efforts by high army officers to persuade them to leave without a struggle proved fruitless.
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