- Avri Ran
Avri Ran is one of the founders and spiritual leaders of the right-wing
Israeli Hilltop Youth movement. He owns a big organic farm calledGva'ot Olam near the settlement ofItamar in theWest Bank .The village of
Yanun was temporarily abandoned in October 2004 when the harassment of the village by Avri Ran and his Hilltop Youth became intolerable, leaving behind only two aged people who refused to accept the village decision to go. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=282470&co%20ntrassID=2&subContrassID=14&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y The Sheriff] Haaretz, 10 April 2003] The village was re-occupied with the aid of peace activists fromTa'ayush and theInternational Solidarity Movement . David Nir ofTa'ayush was assaulted by Avri Ran in Yanun.Footnotes
External links
* [http://www.arutzsheva.com/news.php3?id=90208 Interview with Ran from INN]
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