Avri Ran
Israeli settler activist (born 1955) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Avraham "Avri" Ran (born 1955) is an Israeli settler activist and businessman, with a record for repeated criminal offenses against Palestinians. He has been called the founding father and "undisputed symbol" of the Hilltop Youth movement.[lower-alpha 1][1][2][lower-alpha 2] His approach to developing Palestinian lands has been described as "environmental racism", combining working the terra while applying terror.[4]
An organic food entrepreneur, he is also a reserve lieutenant/colonel[5] in the IDF. He has been indicted several times, and convicted on four counts, three of assault and one case of aggravated assault.[6][7] Considered in right-wing Israeli religious circles to be a "messianic hero",[8] by some sources as a "charismatic guru", [9] or one of the "biblical sabra",[10] his presence in the area of the Palestinian village of Yanun has spelled "disaster" for the latter's inhabitants.[11][7][12]