by Jeremy Gillick Much of the West Bank is in turmoil following this morning's highly anticipated evacuation of the Orwellian "House of Peace" in Hebron. Though the evacuation itself was a success, as Israel's security forces took several hundred settlers holed up in the controversial house by surprise, removing them all within half an hour, it didn't take long for things to get ugly. According to Ynet, "Sources in the settler public announced the launching of a 'price tag' policy that will be implemented through stone throwing and attacks on Palestinian houses." Associated with a growing fringe of Jewish settlers known as the "hilltop youth," the "price tag" policy mandates acts of low-level violence against Palestinians and Israeli security forces in response to the dismantling of settlements and outposts in the West Bank. According to a recent...

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