JERSUALEM, March 3, 2011 (WAFA) - A number of Jewish settlers and right wing activists Thursday demonstrated and burned tires at the entrance of Jerusalem during their “day of rage” against the Israeli government. 

Settlers planned for this day, as a response to Israeli soldiers destroying structures in Havat Gilead settlement outpost near Nablus north of the West Bank, and said they will protest and vandalize properties all over the West Bank and Israel.

According to the angry mob, they will close the entrances to every city, although the chief of Israeli police said the police will “strike with an iron first all those breaking the law and interfering with citizens’ normal lives.”

The protestors succeeded in blocking Highway 1 and a section of the railroad which links major cities in Israel, although settlement councils opposed the protests and said right-wing militants are behind these activities.'

“There were a number of attempts to block the Jerusalem road. police quickly arrived and dispersed them,' police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told AFP.

Human rights organizations demanded that Israeli forces provide protection for Palestinian civilians from the settlers.

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