The head of the National Religious Party said the Shin Bet security service should move against extremist Jews. Effi Eitam said Thursday that Shin Bet chief Avi Dichter had persuaded him of the need to place a handful of Jewish extremists under administrative detention for fear they could resort to violence in a bid to thwart government evacuation of settlements.
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