Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has condemned the Jewish settlers in the West Bank who opened fire on Palestinians last week, saying their actions constituted a “pogrom.” The settlers shot and wounded three Palestinians and set fire to property after Israeli security forces evicted a Jewish group from a disputed building. Olmert said, “As a Jew, I was ashamed at the scenes of Jews opening fire at innocent Arabs in Hebron. There is no other definition than the term 'pogrom' to describe what I have seen.” The word “pogrom” is emotionally charged in Israel as it was often used to describe Russian massacres of Jews in the nineteenth century.