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David Wilder
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Quotes by David Wilder
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This is normal. Houses are bought everywhere in the world. We don't have enough space, so we need more houses to live in.
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It's important to say 'No. You can't let them chop up your land and give it to your enemy.
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The security forces arrived, and it was all downhill from there. They came from both sides. They brought in people who were supposed to go around with eviction notices. People here got very upset, and there was a lot of chaos. There were kids being dragged away, and adults and women. It was very nasty.
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I've been told that the media has been publishing that we have no documents proving that this is ours. This is blatantly false.
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There's no question that the events of early this week were very harmful to us. But the blame can fairly be placed on the large police and army forces that came here forcefully two weeks ago to place eviction notices on Jewish-owned homes. In any event, we have said that things got out of hand and that we did not have total control - but when we did regain control, things calmed down.
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We were invaded by police, border police, riot squads, horses. This is a provocation. It's a show of strength. They've entered private property illegally, and we're very upset that the government is using these kind of tactics to try to scare people.
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