Illegal Israeli Jewish Settlers Assault Palestinian Shepherd, Jerusalemite Youth

[ 17/01/2012 - 10:12 AM ]

JENIN, (PIC)--

Illegal Israeli Jewish settlers assaulted a Palestinian shepherd in the northern Jordan Valley area of Wadi Al-Malih and threatened other shepherds against bringing their sheep for grazing near the Maskiot settlement, which is built illegally on stolen Palestinian land.

The local council of Wadi Al-Malih and Bedouin tribes in the area said in a press release on Monday afternoon that the guard of that settlement beat up the shepherd and detained him and threatened any other shepherd passing near the settlement.

In another incident, Jewish settlers attacked a Jerusalemite youth with batons and sharp tools while at work in western Jerusalem on Sunday.

The victim Majdi Abu Ghazala, 21, said that eight settlers, one of them a woman, surrounded him outside the restaurant where he was working and attacked him after shouting “kill him”.

He said that he fled back into the restaurant and one of the workers there called the police as three of those settlers remained watching from a distance.

Abu Ghazala said that police questioned him after arriving at the scene and only searched one of the settlers, who were still standing nearby, and ordered them out of the place.

He said that fanatic Jews daily provoke and insult Palestinians using racist slurs, adding that the absence of deterrence encourages them to continue in their behavior.

The attack on Jerusalemites while passing or working in western Jerusalem has been on the rise over the past two years as one of those attacks led to the death of Husam Ruwaidi while others were hospitalized with broken limbs. Israeli police always close investigations into such incidents for “lack of evidence”.

Illegal Israeli Settlers Burn Car Belonging to Senior P.A. Official

Monday January 16, 2012 14:16 by Mais Azza - IMEMC & Agencies

On Monday, illegal Israeli settlers torched the car of a Palestinian Authority Intelligence officer, Mohammad Ghannam, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, the Palestinian news agency, Ma’an reported.

Ghannam stated that the car was parked in front of his home in Dir Dibwan village, near Ramallah, when he saw it being burned by Israeli settlers, who later fled the scene.

Last week, settlers burned a car in Hebron city and attacked a car convoy carrying a senior PA security official.

On Wednesday, settlers fired at a vehicle, causing an injury to an army officer. The attack occurred on the road that connects Rammallah and Tulkarem, near the illegal settlement of Shilo.

The latest incident came after several attacks by settlers against Palestinian homes and property, mosques, and olive trees across the West Bank.

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