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Witness: Settlers prepare to raid Ramallah village Jewish settlers march to the evacuated settlement of Homesh near*Jenin with the intent of resettling it March 26, 2007. (MaanImages/File)RAMALLAH (Ma’an) – A group of extremist settlers gathered early Sunday near the central West Bank village of al-Janiya in northwest Ramallah preparing to storm the village, locals told Ma’an.A witness said in a phone call that dozens of settlers escorted by Israeli troops and police officers gathered at the main entrance to the village, while local young men closed the road with rocks trying to prevent the attack.*Activists in the village used mosque loudspeakers to urge residents to defend their village.*The same source highlighted that Israeli forces fired stun grenades, tear-gas canisters and rubber-coated bullets at the young Palestinians to scare them into evacuating the village’s entrance. Several were hurt by tear gas.* http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=592232