US NEWS ARTICLES & OPINION PIECES

• Chicago Tribune: West Bank on edge as young radicals settle in, by Joel Greenberg (4 October 2008).
  This article describes the violence prone new settlers in the West Bank who are ready to oppose Israel as much as the Palestinians.

• Christian Science Monitor: Why Israeli settlers are lashing out, by Ilene R. Prusher (30 September 2008).
  This article describes the violence prone new settlers in the West Bank who are ready to oppose Israel as much as the Palestinians.

• Chicago Tribune: Israel's Olmert warns of 'ill wind' of Israeli extremism, by Joel Greenberg (29 September 2008).
  

• New York Times: Radical Settlers Take On Israel, by Isabel Kershner (26 September 2008).
  This article describes the more radical developmentes in the settler movement who disregard the Israeli government and are more messianic and apocalyptic and are venturing more into violence including wounding Israeli soldiers and bombing Israeli activists that oppose them.

• Washington Post: Blast Injures Israeli Academic Critical of Jewish Settlements, by Samuel Sockol (26 September 2008).
  Leftist professor is bombed by right-wing. The article includes quote by him - "Since it was impossible to take control of the lands legally, a mafia-like culture of theft, lies and deception developed in the territories, in which the various government authorities are still wallowing," he wrote in the daily Haaretz last month. "Contrary to the rules of international and Israeli law, contrary to elementary rules of justice, contrary to all logic and every genuine Israeli interest, broad areas were confiscated for the sake of the settlers and huge sums were poured in."

NON-US NEWS MEDIA PIECES

NEWS WIRE SERVICE ARTICLES

• Chicago Tribune: Livni warns extremists gaining strength, time running out for Israel-Palestinian peace,
  Washington Post: Livni: Time running out on Israel-Palestinian deal,
  both article-versions by Mark Lavie, Associated Press (5 October 2008).
• Washington Post
  West Bank settler violence challenges Israel, by Mohammed Assadi, Reuters (30 September 2008).
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
  Washington Post:
  WORLD IN BRIEF: Olmert warns of extremism threat, from News Services (29 September 2008) - calls extremist groups threats to Israel's democracy.
• Chicago Tribune
  Radical Israeli settlers outline new tactic, Olmert decries 'evil wind of extremism',
  Washington Post
  Olmert laments 'evil wind of extremism' in Israel,
  both article-versions by Karin Laub, Associated Press (28 September 2008) - new tactic is to publicly condone violence at least.
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
  Washington Post:
  Wounded Israeli warns of danger to democracy, Associated Press (26 September 2008) - wounded Israeli is a leftist Israeli professor who is wounded by a pipe bomb police have associated with new settler movement that is violence-prone.
• Chicago Tribune
  Wounded Israeli professor says his assailants pose danger to democracy, Associated Press (26 September 2008) - assailants probably are new extremist settler movement which condones violence.
• Washington Post
  Israeli professor wounded in Jerusalem bomb attack, by Matti Friedman, Associated Press (25 September 2008).