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'Fire back if needed' New edict allows Bedouin soldiers to kill settlers who attack them; move comes in the wake of reports that rabbis permit targeting non-Jewish soldiers By Ronny Sofer TEL AVIV - A leading Bedouin cleric has issued a religious edict allowing Bedouin soldiers to kill anyone who attempts to harm them in the process of settlement evacuation, Channel 2 reported Wednesday. "Whoever attempts to harm Bedouin soldiers…shouldn't think they would just stand there and do nothing," said Sheikh Kamal Abu Nadi, whose rulings are respected by families whose sons serve in the IDF. Notably, Druze, Bedouin, and...

Dec. 13, 2004 11:00 | Updated Dec. 13, 2004 16:11 Bereaved Beduin father: 'Everyone should join IDF' By JPOST.COM STAFF "My son loved the army and loved what he did in the army," said Yosef Jaja, the father of Sgt. Sayid Jaja, 19, who was killed Sunday evening in the deadly attack on an IDF position near the Rafah crossing. Four other soldiers, all from the Beduin Desert Battalion, were killed in the attack. "Sayid believed that if we live in this country we should both give to it and receive from it. That's what all of my children believe...