— More than 200 Israeli soldiers were required last night to evict some 30 Gush Emunim squatters from a hill in northern
Sinai where they attempted to establish a “settlement” in defiance of the government. It was the second time this week that the Gush militants occupied the site 30 miles east of El Arish, the capital of northern Sinai now under Egyptian administration.
The Gush squatters were aided by local settlers from the Yamif region who still refuse to accept Israel’s agreement under its peace treaty with Egypt to withdraw from at of Sinai by the end of next year. The squatters resorted to passive resistance and had to be dragged from the site. This led to accusations by the group that male soldiers were forcibly removing women squatters. Actually, a unit of women soldiers was assigned that task.
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