Israeli occupation soldiers expose themselves to Palestinian farmers, Illegal Israeli settler shoots at, wounds 4 youngmen

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Date: 03 / 02 / 2008 Time: 13:34

Bethlehem – Ma'an –

Israeli occupation soldiers have been filmed exposing their rear ends to Palestinian farmers in order to force them off their land near the West Bank city of Hebron, the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported on Sunday.

The newspaper obtained the film from international peace activists who were escorting the farmers to their grazing fields near an Israeli settler outpost.

"It was around noon; we were accompanying shepherds from the village of Tuba to a nearby Wadi, because the settlers regularly hassle them and throw stones in our direction," said an activist named Sean.

"The settlers demanded that the shepherds evacuate the area, and (Israeli occupation soldiers, dubbed as IDF) who arrived at the scene also attempted to clear the Palestinian shepherds from their grazing fields; then, in the middle of the argument and for no apparent reason, the soldiers pulled down their pants and exposed their rear ends to us."

MK Ahmad Tibi condemned the act, which took place on January 11th, calling it "Abu Ghraib prison IDF-style… the soldiers of any occupation are immoral by definition, but the IDF soldiers who exposed themselves have long been stripped of their humane values."

Illegal Israeli settler shoots at, wounds 4 Palestinians

[ 03/02/2008 - 11:55 AM ]

BETHLEHEM, (PIC)--

An illegal Israeli settler opened fire from his machinegun at a group of Palestinian young men in Khadr town, west of Bethlehem, wounding four of them, eyewitnesses reported.

They said that the armed illegal Israeli settler got out of his car at a nearby bypass road and walked near to the old town of Khadr and fired at the youths when he saw them injuring four in their legs and feet.

Young men in the village angered by the shooting then started throwing stones and empty bottles at settlers' vehicles passing near their town.

IOF soldiers rushed into the town and fired rubber coated bullets and gas canisters to disperse the youths.

Meanwhile, in Gaza, the Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas Movement, fired five mortar shells at an IOF military position east of Gaza city before midnight Saturday.

The armed wing said that the attack was in response to the "Zionist vicious massacres and oppressive siege against our steadfast people in the Gaza Strip".

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