Daily kukluxklan type attacks on inncent Palestininas is rarly reported in US media, arson, beatings, assaults on children,murder, vandalism, a vicous campaign to ethnic cleans more of the west bank is done in accordance by the state and with constant support by the occupation army; in addition to constant housedelolitions and attacks by israeli security forces.

Here are just a few incidents that take place just in the past few months with new attacks daily, often attacks are unreported because violence against Palestinians is so frequent.

0 Settlers rampage through Hebron
Date: 26 / 11 / 2008 Time: 11:06


Bethlehem – Ma’an/Agencies – Some 40 Israeli settler teenagers rampaged through the West Bank city of Hebron on Wednesday, slashing car tires and smashing windows.

Israeli sources said the youths slashed the tires of Palestinian cars and Israeli border police jeeps near a settler-occupied building called the “House of Contention.”

The settlers hurled rocks at Palestinian houses and sprayed a Star of David on a wall.

Israeli police reportedly launched an investigation into the violence, but none of the rioters has been arrested.

Last week the Israeli High Court ordered settlers to leave the occupied building. Settlers have vowed to resist the evacuation, and the Israeli military has yet to implement the order.

Settlers also rioted near the occupied house last week, wounding a soldier, vandalizing a mosque and desecrating Palestinian graves in the area.

Following Wednesday’s riot, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said the government is determined to implement the High Court ruling on the disputed building.

Israeli Chief of Command Gadi Shamni said he would meet with settler groups again on Wednesday in hopes of persuading them to leave the "House of Contention" without further violence.

The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, however, hinted on Tuesday that his government will not force the settlers from the "House of Contention," but will instead settle for preventing settler attacks on their Palestinian neighbors.

Speaking with reporters during his trip to Washington, Olmert said: "I read the High Court of Justice's decision closely. It ordered the house's occupants to vacate within three days, and if they do not, [it said], the government will have to do so. But it did not explicitly order the government to do so. There is something less than completely unequivocal in the wording the court chose."

Separately, the Israeli Jerusalem District Court ruled that settler activist Noam Federman can remain in a settlement near Hebron known Federman Farm, overturning an injunction to evacuate him.

http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php...tails&ID=33511

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Palestinians: Settler violence in Hebron will lead to casualties


'Yesterday huge stones barely missed my cousins; had they been hit they would have been killed,' says resident, claiming settler threatened to slaughter his family 'like Deir Yasin'. 'I was shocked to hear a soldier tell me: There's nothing I can do'

Ali Waked Published: 11.26.08, 13:57 / Israel News


"The stone-throwing tonight was not rioting, it was with intent to kill," a Palestinian resident of Hebron told Ynet Wednesday. "Settlers threw stones at us from the fifth floor. I picked one up and it weighed at least a kilo."

Majdi al-Jabri claimed the escalating violence of the Jewish settlers in Hebron was becoming intolerable. The damage that has already been done to his home includes broken windows, pipes, and water heaters.



"As long as it's just property – we've become accustomed over dozens of years. But in recent days there has been an escalation that will soon take lives," he said.



Al-Jabri lives with his extended family in a complex. "We're eight families, 60 people in all, and we are constantly threatened," he said. "Yesterday huge stones just barely missed two of my cousins. If they had been hit they would have been killed."



He claims his family had asked Border Guard officers to form a separation between them and the settlers, but that the latter had continued throwing stones indiscriminately at both parties.



Al-Jabri went on to say that after a settler had threatened to slaughter his entire family he complained to IDF soldiers, but they didn't respond. "He took out his gun, put it to his mouth, and said, 'Deir Yasin, Deir Yasin', referring to the massacre in the village of Deir Yasin in 1948," he said.



"I was shocked to hear a soldier tell me, 'There's nothing I can do, and there's no use complaining, the settlers and we are one," al-Jabri added.








He claimed discrimination was prevalent among security forces. "One of the settlers who threw stones was covered head to foot, including his face," al-Jabri said.



"He was throwing stones near an IDF jeep. If one of our women walks around with her face covered, she is immediately stopped and female soldiers are brought to determine her identitiy. Why don't they do something like that in this case?" he asks.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7...628963,00.html

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Settlers write racist epithets on Palestinian ambulances
Date: 26 / 11 / 2008 Time: 17:51


Nablus – Ma’an – Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian ambulances in the West Bank village of Dier Esteyah on Wednesday, according to witnesses.

Red Crescent ambulances were parked in the northern West Bank city of Nablus on Wednesday when settlers wrote provocative slogans, such as "Death to Arabs" and others, according to the Red Crescent.

The Red Crescent expressed concerns about such attacks by settlers in the West Bank. The organization added that Israeli authorities are responsible for protecting their workers and vehicles from these kinds of attacks, and that not doing so is illegitimate, an official told Ma'an.

http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php...tails&ID=33523

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Hebron rioters damage Palestinian cars

Some 50 right-wing rioters hurled stones at Palestinian homes in Hebron overnight Saturday, damaging about 40 vehicles. Police arrested a right-wing activist on suspicion of involvement in the incident.

Also Saturday night, three right-wingers slashed the tires of a Border Police vehicle near the disputed 'Beit Hashalom' home in the West Bank city. The three fled the scene.

Earlier Saturday, four Palestinians and five Jewish youths were wounded in rock throwing next to the disputed house.

The house has been a source of controversy in recent weeks after the High Court of Justice ruled that security forces could evacuate it.

Settlers moved into the structure in March of 2007, claiming that they bought it from Palestinian Faez Rajabi. He denied the sale. The ruling sparked a wave of protest by settlers and right-wing activists who have warned that they would strongly resist the move.

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Settler stone throwers injure five Palestinians in Hebron, one rights activist
Date: 01 / 12 / 2008 Time: 09:41

Hebron – Ma’an - Five Palestinian citizens were left cut and bruised after falling victim to an attack by Israeli settlers north east of the old city of Hebron.

The settlers are currently occupying the home of the Rajabi family, who are pursuing the matter in the Israeli High Court and disputing the settlers’ claim that the home was sold to the group in 2007.

A researcher for the Israeli Human Rights group B’tselem was also injured as he attempted to contact Israeli police in the area and ask them to prevent the settlers from assaulting locals. While in the area the researchers was also hit with a rock, and the soldiers he spoke with took no action against the violence.

Settlers claim the building, “Beit Hashalom,” was purchased from a Palestinian family for 700,000 US dollars in 2007, and have been using the facility as a residential, religious and educational site ever since.

Last week the building was ordered evacuated while the High Court in Israel determined who in fact owns the structure. Palestinians brought the case in front of the court earlier this year.

The High Court decision has sparked several waves of violence in the area.

http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php...tails&ID=33637

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Settlers rampage through West Bank villages; Mosques vandalized
Date: 02 / 12 / 2008 Time: 10:57


Nablus – Ma’an – Israeli settlers rampaged through five villages in the northern West Bank early on Tuesday, vandalizing mosques, attacking farms and harassing residents.

In the villages of Yatma, Qabalan and As-Sawiya, south of Nablus, settlers slashed the tires of more than 20 cars and also set fire to thousands of shekels’ worth of straw bales, used as animal feed.

In As-Sawiya, settlers wrote slogans insulting Islam and the prophet Mohammad on the walls of a local mosque.

Hikmat Abu Ras, a resident of As-Sawiya who works for the Palestinian Ministry of Planning, said that when residents awoke they witnessed the settlers already fleeing the village. He said settlers painted a star of David and slogans such as “Death to Arabs” on the village mosque.

He said that residents of the village, particularly students, were harassed by settlers while they waited for transportation in the morning on the road between Nablus and Ramallah.

As-Sawiya is ringed by three settlements: Rechelim, Eli and Shilo.

Separately, Palestinian medical sources reported that Israeli troops installed a new gate on the Nablus-Tulkarem road and erected a checkpoint near the village of Deir Sharaf.

Also, dozens of settlers demonstrated near the Za’tara checkpoint, north of Nablus, while Israeli soldiers massed to protect them.

Meanwhile, residents of Sinjil and Turmus’ayya in the north of Ramallah governorate found racist slogans written in Hebrew painted floors of two mosques when they arrived morning prayers on Tuesday.

Residents denounced what they said was an attack by settlers and an affront to their religion.

http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php...tails&ID=33656

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Palestinians, Israeli captain injured during settler attack in Hebron
Date: 02 / 12 / 2008 Time: 09:27

Hebron – Ma’an – Several Palestinians and an Israeli captain were injured when settlers attacked Palestinian houses near a controversial settler-occupied building in the West Bank city of Hebron on Monday night.

The sources added that dozens of settlers hurled rocks and beat residents with clubs. An Israeli captain was beaten when soldiers attempted to intervene.

An employee of the Palestinian Red Crescent said that their ambulances transported three injured children to Hebron Public Hospital. The children were identified as 16-year-old Sa’ed Nasser Al-Ja’bari, his 13-year-old brother Makram Al-Ja’bari and 10-year-old Adli Suleiman Al-Ja’bari. Medics said the children had been bruised all over their bodies.

Local sources said the attack took place near the Ar-Rajabi family house, also known as the “House of Contention” in the Ar-Ras neighborhood of Hebron. The Israeli high court has ordered the settlers to leave the house, a command settler groups have vowed to resist.

Anticipating a showdown with Israeli police and military forces, the settlers have launched a series of violent attacks on their Palestinian neighbors over the last two weeks.

The court ordered the settlers to leave the Ar-Rajabi house by 19 November. The Israeli military allowed that deadline to lapse in hopes of persuading the squatters to leave peacefully.

On Monday right-wing activists stepped up their preparations for a fight with the army as rumors spread that the eviction order would soon be enforced.

http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php...tails&ID=33654

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ISRAEL-OPT: Israeli settlements in Hebron make life nearly impossible, Palestinians say
HEBRON, 9 September 2007

Restrictions on Palestinians

Hebron is unique, with the exception of East Jerusalem which Israel illegally annexed in 1967, in that the settlements there are located in the heart of a Palestinian city (OCHA's report refers to "the insertion of settlers into the heart of a densely populated Palestinian city").

The security of 800 settlers has led the Israeli military to impose harsh restrictions on the 35,000 Palestinians living in H2. An additional 115,000 Palestinian live in H1, making Hebron the second largest city in the West Bank and arguably the most volatile.

Many of the harshest restrictions began after an Israeli settler murdered 29 Palestinian worshippers in 1994. The Israeli military reacted by limiting Palestinian movement in H2. These restrictions were intensified after the start of the Palestinian uprising, or intifada, in September 2000. Militant Palestinian groups targeted Israeli soldiers and settlers in the city.

In large sections of H2 Palestinians are forbidden to drive cars. In other areas they cannot open shops. In some cases, like Shuhada Street, a main thoroughfare, and on nearby roads, Palestinian movement of any kind is essentially forbidden and the street's closed shop fronts are all that are left of a once vibrant area.

The restrictions on movement have a direct impact on health. Palestinians say the movement of ambulances must be coordinated in advance, which is not possible in emergency situations.

"At 2am my wife, who was pregnant, started to bleed a lot. We had to go by foot to the 'Aliyah government hospital, about half a kilometre away," Taysir Aby 'Ayeshe said. She lost the baby.

Violence

"The settler violence here is constant," said Hashem al-Azzeh, a registered Palestinian refugee, who lives in H2. He and his family have been repeatedly attacked, he said.

According to Ghost Town, Israeli soldiers and police seldom intervene to stop violence against Palestinians, and violent settlers are rarely brought to justice.

The military has set up posts inside about 20 Palestinian buildings, sometimes taking over the entire residence. Their camouflage netting is visible on top of many homes.

Furthermore, Israeli security officers are also occasionally involved in violence against Palestinians.

"Last winter, a soldier on the roof broke out in hysterical laughter and threw sand and stones at me while I was standing outside the house," Bahija Sharabati told B'tselem in 2006. She also cited abuses by settlers.

"We have already filed dozens of complaints to the Israeli police, but nothing has changed," the mother of six said.

Other residents said settlers had shot at them.

The Abu 'Aisha family in H2, after repeated harassment by settlers, built a cage around their home. By living behind a tough metal web they at least do not have to worry about their windows being broken.

The Israeli police denied claims that it closes the majority of cases of violence without a proper investigation. It said many times the alleged victims do not file complaints making it difficult to follow through on those cases.
http://domino.un.org/unispal.NSF/eed...d!OpenDocument

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Israeli settlers assault Palestinians and peace activists near Hebron
Saturday November 15, 2008 16:55 by IMEMC News - Agencies

At least ten Israeli settlers from the illegal settlements built atop southern Mount Hebron assaulted a number of Palestinians and peace activists on Saturday.

Eyewitnesses reported that farmers were near the southern West Bank town of Yatta in the afternoon working on their land accompanied by a number of Israeli peace activists as armed settlers from Maon started throwing rocks at them.

Settlers in the Maon and its off-shoot Havat Maon outpost have a history of extreme violence against Palestinians and international peace activists as well.

Sources on the scene said that settlers referred to the Israeli activists accompanying the Palestinian farmers as traitors and spies.

The Israeli settlers also stole a donkey from the farmers and shot it. The dead donkey’s body was found nearby by Israeli soldiers to whom the leftists had filed a complaint against the settlers.
http://www.imemc.org/article/57677

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Settlers block road near Nablus, stone Palestinian cars
Date: 18 / 11 / 2008 Time: 21:30


Nablus - Ma'an - Israeli settlers blocked the bypass road linking the West Bank cities of Nablus and Qalqilia, near the village of Madama on Tuesday night, witnesses said.

Hassan Zyadeh a municipal council member in Madama said the settlers prevented Palestinian vehicles from passing into the village and pelted their cars with stones.

Madama is bordered to the south by the Yizhar settlement, which has been the source of dozens of violent attacks on Palestinians over the months, including beatings and stonings.

http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php...tails&ID=33334

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November 4, 2008

Hebron / PNN / Radio Dream – Israeli settler attacks on Palestinian citizens hit a sharp incline beginning with the olive harvest in early October. Areas where major settlements such as Kiryat Arba were built had in the past been the focal point of Israeli attacks, but recently the scope has expanded.

Today settlers hit elderly citizens, women and children in a village cemetery. The danger is immense for people in their fields and at homes.

Reports indicate that the settlers have begun to operate in mobs like the Stern Gang of the past.

The attacks often happen in front of the Israeli army with several people reporting that the soldiers seem to fear the settlers. One Palestinian man who was arrested upon being confronted by Israeli settlers said, "I am certain that the soldiers arrested me in order to save my life."

Another southern West Bank resident was arrested with several other people during a nonviolent Palestinian demonstration. He commented, "The settlers were on one side and they were carrying automatic weapons, and then there was the army, and then us. The soldiers looked at the settlers with their guns and us standing there with nothing and had a choice. They could have gone after the settlers, but who looked easier. We did. They arrested all of us."

The attacks by settlers are now being organized by gangs who break into homes, prevent farmers from reaching their lands, or who tear through a community beating citizens.

An eyewitness reports that the army watched settlers from Kiryat Arba break into a Palestinian car and beat several children. Throughout the week similar incidents have been reported including grave desecration, beating women and children, home break-ins, and attacks on schools and students.

Another eyewitness in Hebron says that settlers destroyed several trees while the army stood and watched. "There were journalists filming everything."

Settlers pose an intense type of danger as they are accountable to no one. A Hebron man said, "These gangs have only one objective, which is to occupy the largest area of Palestinian land. Israel exercises killings and violence and what the government is unable to do the settlers do. Farmers are being forced to leave due to the Wall and the violence."

Settlers become increasingly dangerous in Hebron :: www.uruknet.info :: informazione dal medio oriente :: information from middle east :: [vs-1]

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wish settlers beat up palestinian boy in hebron

Sat Nov 8, 9:01 AM

HEBRON, West Bank (AFP) - Jewish settlers on Saturday beat up a six-year-old Palestinian boy near the West Bank town of Hebron, and he was taken to hospital suffering from moderate head wounds, medics said.

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Bilal Daana was attacked by a group of settlers near the Jewish settlement of Kiryat Arba near Hebron. They beat him up and threw stones at him, the Palestinian medics said.


The boy was taken by Israeli soldiers to a checkpoint at the entrance to Hebron from where he was transferred to the local Al-Ahli hospital.


The incident was the latest in a surge of settler attacks on Palestinians, peace activists and Israeli soldiers since the authorities dismantled a settlement outpost near Hebron last month.


Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak has vowed that Israeli security forces will continue cracking down on illegal outposts and settler violence in the West Bank, which Israel occupied in 1967.


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Jewish settlers rampage after outpost is dismantled
HEBRON, West Bank (AP): Jewish settlers have attacked Israeli troops and damaged Palestinian property in this West Bank city after the army demolished a settler compound.

Israel's army radio broadcast an interview with a settler calling for revenge attacks against soldiers. Israeli leaders called for the prosecution of those making such threats.

The incident is the latest in what Israeli officials and human rights groups say is an increase in settler violence.

Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld says four settlers have been arrested, including three for attacking policemen. Palestinians say settlers vandalized a Muslim cemetery and slashed tires of about 20 cars.

The Hindu News Update Service

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Settlers vandalise West Bank cemetery
Sun Oct 26, 2008 12:08pm GMT

HEBRON, West Bank (Reuters) - Jewish settlers vandalised a Muslim cemetery on Sunday after the Israeli army razed a West Bank outpost built by a militant settler leader without government authorisation, Palestinians said.

Residents of Harat al-Jabari neighbourhood in the city of Hebron, a frequent flashpoint between Palestinians and Jewish settlers, blamed settlers for spraying paint on Muslim graves as well as puncturing the tyres of some 24 cars.

Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said an investigation had been launched but could not confirm that the vandals were settlers.

Hours earlier, an Israeli army bulldozer demolished the makeshift dwelling of Noam Federman, a hardline settler leader. Police arrested four settlers who attacked a policeman and tried to set fire to a police car during the demolition.

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert condemned settlers who incited violence against Israeli soldiers and policemen and vowed to bring them to justice.

"We will show zero tolerance towards calls of this kind," Olmert said at Sunday's cabinet meeting. "We are fed up with this verbal violence."

Palestinians and human rights groups have long complained that Israeli security forces do little to curb settler violence in the occupied West Bank that recently included stepped-up attacks on Palestinian olive harvesters.

A U.S.-sponsored "road map" for peace, reaffirmed at the Annapolis summit last year that relaunched Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, calls on Israel to freeze all settlement activity on land Palestinians want for a state.

(Reporting by Mamoun Wazwaz; Writing by Joseph Nasr; Editing by Caroline Drees)

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Israeli settlers and military assault farmers, internationals heading to harvest
Date: 27 / 10 / 2008 Time: 11:02

Hebron – Ma’an – Israeli settlers accompanied by Israeli military forces prevented Palestinian farmers from Karma village near Hebron from harvesting their olives, according to the Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC).

The group released a statement on Monday explaining that the farmers, whose lands are near the Israeli settlement of Otni’el, were assaulted along with volunteers who had accompanied them to the fields for the harvest.

Several were detained for hours under the pretext that they entered a restricted military zone.

A campaign to help farmers pick their olives began on 15 October, and will continue until 13 November. It aims at assisting farmers across the West Bank in accessing lands close to Israeli settlements and military posts. Several organizations have participated in the campaign including the UAWC, the French Solidarity Association and the Palestinian committee for defending lands. The campaign is funded by Norwegian grassroots associations.

http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php...tails&ID=32812

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Settlers attack, beat a Palestinian family, peace activists, in Hebron
Tuesday November 04, 2008 01:54 by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies

An extremist Israeli settler group broke on Monday into a home belonging to a Palestinian family, in the southern Palestinian West Bank city of Hebron, and attacked the family in addition to attacking peace activists who were present in the attacked home.

The owner of the house reported that nearly 15 armed settlers broke into his it and violently attacked his family and international peace activists.

Five international activists were wounded and the mother of the mother of the owner of the house was also wounded and was admitted to the Hebron hospital.

The owner stated that “when a Palestinian hurls a small stone the army and police rush to arrest him”, and added “but when the settlers attack us, the soldiers do not move”.

One of the international peace activists said that the settlers cut a fence surrounding the property and broke into the home.
http://www.imemc.org/article/57546

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Hebron burning: Settler fire injures Palestinians


Palestinian sources in Hebron say father and his son shot by settlers after security forces clear disputed Hebron house; right-wing activists announce launching of 'price tag' policy, damage Palestinian property in West Bank. Qureia demands international intervention

Ali Waked Latest Update: 12.04.08, 18:15 / Israel News


Palestinian sources in Hebron reported Thursday evening that two Palestinians – a father and his son – were seriously injured from gunshots fired by settlers during the clashes that followed the swift evacuation of the disputed house in the West Bank city.

Both were taken to the Hebron hospital in serious condition. Their neighbor was also reportedly injured from settler gunfire, but his condition remains unclear.The Palestinians said 12 people have been injured by settlers since the evacuation, adding that at least 15 cars were torched in areas near the house, as well as several houses.

A Hebron Palestinian told Ynet that a gunfight erupted about 550 yards from the house: "The settlers began shooting at the home of the Sa'afin family and an elderly woman and one of the neighbors were wounded.

A B'Tselem activist, who witnessed the events, added that a group of settlers fired in the air, and one of them fired directly into the house.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7...633603,00.html

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Settlers graffiti racist slogans on buildings, vandalize cars in northern West Bank
Date: 04 / 12 / 2008 Time: 12:11

Qalqilia – Ma’an – Settlers graffitied racist slogans about Islam and the Muslim Prophet Mohammad on buildings in the West Bank villages of Azzun, An-Nabi Elyas, Kafr Laqif, Jinsafut, Immatin and Al-Funduq east of Qalqilia on Thursday.

Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians and their properties in the West Bank escalated over the summer, and several instances of riots and vandalism occurred in the northern West Bank near Nablus, and in the south near Hebron.

Eyewitness to the Thursday attacks reported seeing four settlers write abusive words and signs on buildings, break car windows and slash tires in An-Nabi Elyas.

Israeli forces have reportedly spread throughout the village of Azzun, though no clashes have been reported.

http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php...tails&ID=33713





Settlers in Nablus set fire to fields, vehicles in retaliation for Hebron eviction
Date: 04 / 12 / 2008 Time: 17:55

Bethlehem - Ma'an - Settlers invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus on Thursday afternoon, furious that the Israeli army evacuated the so-called House of Contention in Hebron.

Israeli extremists set fire to fields and vehicles in the city as dozens were injured in Hebron as soldiers evicted 13 families that were illegally occupying a house that belongs to a Palestinian family.

In the ensuing chaos, settlers set fire to Palestinian homes while Israeli soldiers arrested several Jewish settlers in the area. Palestinians and Israelis alike are reported to have suffered numerous injuries, including teargas inhalation and heavy bruising, medical sources told Ma'an on Thursday.

Israeli forces forcibly removed 250 right-wing settlers from a Palestinian house in the West Bank city of Hebron, weeks after the Israeli High Court ordered their eviction.

The evacuation touched off violent settler attacks accross the West Bank.

http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php...tails&ID=33727

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Settlers near Tulkarem destroy olive trees and local water pipe
Date: 05 / 12 / 2008 Time: 18:26


Tulkarem – Ma’an - Settlers destroyed eighty small olive trees only recently planted by a Palestinian farmer near Tulkarem in the northern West Bank on Friday.

The vandals came from the illegal Israeli settlement Avne Hefez which is built on the lands of the Palestinian village of Shufa. They left the settlement and descended on the olive field of A’zmi Saleh.

Member of land defense committee in Tulkarem Tahsin Hamid reported the destruction of a district water pipe, preventing municipal water from reaching some remote villages.

The acts of vandalism come one day after the Israeli army forcibly evicted over 250 right-wing settlers from a home in Hebron, in the southern West Bank. The eviction, ordered three weeks earlier by the Israeli High Court, set of a deluge of retaliatory attacks that settlers have aimed at Palestinians.

In Hebron settlers set homes on fire and injured dozens of Palestinians, and similar attacks were reported in the village of Burin near Nablus on Thursday, where homes were spray painted, car windows smashed and some vehicles set on fire.

Palestinians and Israeli peace organizations have condemned the attacks, and members of the international community are watching events closely.

http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php...tails&ID=33758

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Dailymotion - Israeli Terrorist Settler Shooting Palestinians in Hebron - a News & Politics video

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Jewish settlers set fire to Palestinian home
Sat Dec 6, 2008 6:29am EST

By Haitham Tamimi

HEBRON, West Bank (Reuters) - Jewish settlers torched a rooftop enclosure of a Palestinian man's home in the West Bank city of Hebron on Saturday, a Palestinian police spokesman said.

The United Nations as well as Palestinian and Israeli officials have condemned violence by settlers since tensions rose on Thursday in the occupied territory after Israel's eviction of settler families from a disputed Hebron building.

Nidal Awawi told Reuters a room he had built on his roof was blackened and destroyed by a fire set off before dawn. There were no casualties, he said.

A spokesman for Palestinian police, Ramadan Awad, blamed the arson on Jewish settlers he said were spotted fleeing the scene as flames engulfed the building. Awawi's house is surrounded on three sides by settler homes.

Awad demanded Israel "put an end to their (settlers') aggression and carry out its responsibilities to restore calm."

An Israeli army spokeswoman said they had not received any report about the fire.

The Palestinian news agency Maan said settlers also blocked roads elsewhere in the West Bank, near the Jewish enclave of Yitzhar, a site of previous settler protests this week.

The U.N. Middle East envoy, Robert Serry, demanded in a statement on Friday that Israel put "an immediate end to the settler attacks" after settlers shot and wounded three Palestinians in a rampage the day beforehand in Hebron.

Israel said on Friday it had beefed up forces in the West Bank, a territory it captured in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, to prevent further violence.

Hebron has long been a focus of Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Some 650 Jewish settlers live in fortified Hebron enclaves guarded by Israeli troops in the city of 180,000 Palestinians.

Palestinians and Western countries see the dozens of Jewish settlements Israel has built in the West Bank as a key obstacle to peace efforts. The World Court has said the settlements are illegal, a decision disputed by Israel.

The latest tensions in Hebron flared after settlers defied a November 16 Israeli court order to vacate a house they said they had bought from a Palestinian man who denied ever selling it.

Israel sent in club-wielding troops to remove a dozen settler families from the building on Thursday, after days of stone-throwing protests there between Palestinians and settlers.

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsO...4B50WM20081206

Not quite on a par with the al-Aqsa intifada that resulted in the deaths of 1,000 Israelis and the wounding of 6,000 more, is it, now?

But, I digress.

Settlers block road south of Nablus; Israeli forces periodically close Huwwara
Date: 06 / 12 / 2008 Time: 13:39


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Nablus – Ma’an – A secondary road between Nablus and the Israeli settlement Yitzhar was blocked on Saturday by dozens of Israeli settlers who broke the windows of Palestinian cars.

The incident took place near Madama, a village on the route of the road. Head of the village council said Saturday’s attack was the third day in a row where settlers vandalized cars and prevented passage on the bypass road

The main road into Nablus has been intermittently shut by Israeli forces, who close the Huwwara checkpoint, which controls the entry and exit of traffic into the area. Soldiers report fear of settler attacks against Palestinian citizens as the rational for restricting Palestinian movement around the West Bank.

On Thursday, Israeli forces forcibly removed 250 right-wing settlers from a Palestinian house in the West Bank city of Hebron, weeks after the Israeli High Court ordered their eviction.

Settlers have repeatedly attacked Palestinian homes in the city over the past few days. Prior to the evacuation, Israeli settlers fired randomly at Palestinian homes. Settlers set fire to two Palestinian homes and a store, later attacking a number of residents in the Wadi Hussein area of Hebron.

The evacuation touched off violent settler attacks across the West Bank.

http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php...tails&ID=33775

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Settlers storm mosque, attack imam on Muslim holy day
Date: 08 / 12 / 2008 Time: 12:16

Nablus – Ma’an – Dozens of settlers stormed Duma Mosque, opening fire on the building and attacked the Imam early Monday morning in the south of Nablus.

More than 20 cars loaded with settlers from the nearby Migdalim settlement barged into the village at 4:30am, broke into the mosque and attacked Imam Mohamed Hassan Dawabsheh, who was trying to stop them.

Israeli forces intervened more than an hour and a half after the settlers entered the mosque.

No one was injured during the incident, which lasted more than two hours and took place on the Islamic holiday of Eid Al-Adha.

http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php...tails&ID=33812

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Settlers open fire on houses in Sebastia
Date: 11 / 12 / 2008 Time: 09:31

Nablus - Ma'an - Dozens of Israeli settlers opened fire on Palestinian homes near the illegal settlement of Shavei Shomron southwest of Nablus on Wednesday, residents told Ma'an.

Sources added that a number of settlers had arrived after the commotion and fired dozens of bullets from automatic weapons before finally withdrawing when the Israeli army arrived in coordination with the Palestinian Liaison Office.

http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php...tails&ID=33863

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Settler Violence
3 – 9 December 2008


Settler violence in the West Bank
In the aftermath of the eviction of Israeli settlers from Al Rajabi house in the old city of Hebron, Israeli settler violence spread throughout the West Bank, with reports of widespread Israeli settler attacks on West Bank residents. There were at least 67 reported incidents of Israeli settler vandalism, rioting, stone throwing, and arson.

Southern West Bank: Following the eviction of Israeli settlers from Al Rajabi House by the Israeli security forces on 4 December, settler violence was reported throughout Hebron city—initially only in H2 (Israeli-controlled) but later spreading into H1 (Palestinian-controlled). Violence escalated as settlers set fire to vehicles and property, and forced entry into homes. There were six injuries to Palestinians by settlers reported in the hours following the eviction on 4 December, including two from live ammunition. Settlers set fire to the contents of one mosque, and tried to gain entry into another. Initial confrontations between Israeli settlers and Palestinian residents of the city continued until 3.30 am on Friday morning, when the settlers withdrew. In the following days, from 5-7 December, sporadic Israeli settler violence resulted in the injury of eight more Palestinians in Hebron.

Northern West Bank: Settler vandalism was reported in a number of villages in Qalqiliya and Nablus governorates. Damages to property by Israeli settlers included vandalism of at least 40 private vehicles and an ambulance, fire set to 200 dunums of agricultural, buildings vandalized with graffiti, attempted arson by Molotov cocktail, and the desecration of two mosques. On 4 December, the Israeli closed all checkpoints around Nablus, Qalqiliya and Tulkarm, restricting Palestinian movement. The IDF ordered al-Funduq village shops closed on both sides of road 55, and ordered Palestinian residents to remain indoors to avoid settler attacks.

Central West Bank: Property damage caused by Israeli settlers took place in East Jerusalem, Ramallah, and Jericho districts. Incidents of Israeli settlers throwing stones at Palestinian vehicles and tire slashing were reported. In one such incident, settler stone-throwing caused injury to two Palestinian civilians when their vehicle overturned. Other incidents of Israeli violence and vandalism included an attack with live ammunition on a Palestinian house near Turmus’ayya village and the burning of olive groves in the vicinity of ‘Ein Siniya and ‘Ein Yabrud (Ramallah Governorate). On 4 December, settlers blocked Road 1 connecting Jerusalem and Jericho, and on 4 and 5 December, settlers blocked road 465.

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OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS
P.O. Box 38712, East Jerusalem, Phone: (+972) 2-582 9962 / 582 5853, Fax: (+972) 2-582 5841 ochaopt@un.org, OCHA oPt UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - occupied Palestinian territory


Protection of Civilians Weekly Report No. 289
03 - 16 December 2008



Israeli settler related violence in the West Bank

In the week following the forcible evacuation of Israeli settlers from Al Rajabi house in the old city of Hebron (4-9 December) by Israeli border police, Israeli settler violence spread throughout the West Bank. There were at least 68 reported incidents of Israeli settler vandalism, rioting, stone throwing, and arson, resulting in 20 Palestinian injuries. According to Israeli media sources, clashes between Israeli forces and Israeli settlers resulted in the injury of six Israeli soldiers and fourteen settlers.



Southern West Bank: On 3 - 4 December, during and immediately following the evacuation, settler violence was reported throughout Hebron City - initially in the Israeli-controlled area (H2), but later spreading into the PA controlled area (H1). Violence escalated with twelve Palestinians reported injured during skirmishes with settlers, including two from live ammunition. Settlers also set fire to nine vehicles and at least four properties, including the contents of a mosque. Initial confrontations between Israeli settlers and Palestinian residents of the city continued until 3.30 am on 5 December, when the settlers withdrew. In the following days, from 5 -16 December, sporadic Israeli settler violence resulted in the injury of eight more Palestinians in Hebron City.

Northern West Bank: Settler vandalism was reported in a number of villages in Qalqiliya and Nablus governorates. Two Palestinians were injured due to settler violence, and property damages by Israeli settlers included vandalism of at least 40 private vehicles and an ambulance, 200 dunums of agricultural land burnt, buildings vandalized with graffiti, and the desecration of two mosques. On 4 December, the Israeli authorities closed all checkpoints around Nablus, Qalqiliya and Tulkarm, restricting Palestinian movement. The IDF ordered al-Funduq village (Qalqiliya) shops closed on both sides of Road 55, and ordered Palestinian residents to remain indoors to avoid settler attacks.

Central West Bank: During the reporting period, Israeli settlers damaged Palestinian property in Jerusalem, Ramallah, and Jericho governorates. Incidents of Israeli settler violence included stone throwing at Palestinian vehicles, tire slashing, and theft of harvested olives. On 4 and 13 December, in the villages of Sinjil and Turmus'ayya, Israeli settlers desecrated two mosques with graffiti. Other incidents included an attack with live ammunition on a Palestinian house near Turmus'ayya village (Ramallah). On 4 December, Israeli settlers blocked Road 1 connecting Jerusalem and Jericho, and on 4 and 5 December, settlers blocked Road 465. On 7 and 10 December, two separate incidents of Palestinians throwing Molotov cocktails at Israeli settler buses near Turmus'ayya and 'Abud villages (Ramallah) were reported, resulting in damage to the vehicles. On 14 December, in the of Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of East Jerusalem, an Israeli man was injured when Palestinians hurled stones at the vehicle he was driving. The man lost control of the car and collided with a bystander.

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OCHA SPECIAL FOCUS
occupied Palestinian territory



Unprotected: Israeli settler violence against Palestinian civilians and their property

On 16 November, after a protracted legal battle, the Israeli High Court of Justice ruled that Israeli settlers must leave the Al Rajabi House settlement in the Israeli-controlled area of Hebron (H2). The HCJ declared that the State of Israel will be named temporary custodian of the property until a separate ruling on the ownership is issued. On 4 December 2008, Israeli security forces evacuated these settlers by force. During the course of the evacuation, clashes took place between Israeli settlers and Israeli security forces, causing injuries to both sides.

In the aftermath of the eviction, violence continued in Hebron city. Groups of settlers threw stones at Palestinian houses and set fire to vehicles, agricultural fields, houses and the contents of one mosque. Settlers also attempted to force entry into Palestinian homes. In the hours following the eviction, Israeli settlers injured six Palestinians, including two with live ammunition. In spite of IDF efforts, settler attacks were difficult to contain. In areas, clashes erupted between Israeli settlers, Palestinians and the IDF. Some Israeli settlers were injured as a result. Additional settlers attempted to enter Hebron by various routes to assist those already in the city.With a few exceptions, they were prevented from doing so by the IDF.


Settler violence quickly spread to other West Bank areas in protest of the evacuation: groups of settlers threw stones at Palestinian vehicles in more than 12 locations on the day of the evacuation and attacked Palestinian communities, setting fire to Palestinian property and land, cutting down olive trees, slashing vehicle tires and vandalizing other property.The IDF responded by staffing checkpoints and placing jeeps at strategic points to prevent settlers from entering Palestinian communities.


Settler actions during and after the Al Rajabi house evacuation highlight trends in settler behavior identified through OCHA's monitoring of settler-related activity in the West Bank. As this Special Focus indicates, settler violence is a regular occurrence, targeting primarily Palestinian civilians and their property, but also IDF soldiers.



Key Points
· Increasing Palestinian Casualties: In the first 10 months of 2008, OCHA recorded 290 settler-related incidents targeting Palestinians and their property.This figure, while not comprehensive, reflects a worrying trend, since it surpasses the total recorded by OCHA in each of the previous two years (182 and 243 in 2006 and 2007, respectively). Similarly, Palestinian deaths and injuries resulting from settler-related incidents in 2008 exceed the number of Palestinian casualties in each of the previous two years (131 in 2008, compared to 74 in 2006 and 92 in 2007). Since 2006, OCHA has recorded more Israelis killed by Palestinians in the West Bank than vice-versa (10, compared to 4).The number of Israelis injured by Palestinians during that period is less than half those of Palestinians injured by Israeli settlers (116, compared to 293).

· Group violence: Since 2006, a significant majority of settler incidents recorded by OCHA are carried out by groups of Israeli settlers, rather than lone individuals.

· Vulnerable groups injured: Approximately half of all Palestinian injuries from settler violence each year since 2006 have been made up of children, women, and the elderly over 70 years of age.

· Nablus and Hebron most affected areas: Some areas of the West Bank suffer far higher levels of settler violence and related activity than others. While incidents were recorded by OCHA in all governorates during the first 10 months of 2008, they were more frequent in the Hebron and Nablus governorates, with 42% and 21% of all incidents, respectively. This trend was also witnessed in the preceding two years.

· Settlements, settler violence and the lack of law enforcement:

» A root cause of the phenomenon is Israel's decades-long policy of facilitating and encouraging the settling of its citizens inside occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), defined as transfer of population and prohibited by international humanitarian law (IHL).

» Under IHL and international human rights law, Israel is responsible for ensuring public order and safety and protecting the civilian population in the occupied territory. As the occupying force in the West Bank, responsibility for implementing this obligation falls to the IDF.

» In spite of clearly defined legal responsibilities and some recent efforts undertaken by the IDF and Israeli police, the relevant Israeli authorities have failed to adequately enforce the rule of law when it comes to Israeli settlers carrying out acts of violence against Palestinians and their property in the West Bank. For example, according to the Israeli human rights group Yesh Din, over 90% of investigations into settler violence are closed without an indictment being filed. By contrast, when Israeli civilians are the target of Palestinian violence, the IDF actively pursues Palestinian suspects; thousands of Palestinians are arrested and prosecuted through Israel's military court system each year.

· Triggers: Settler violence occurs throughout the year, with increases in property and land damage often observed during periods of intensive agricultural activity for Palestinians (e.g. olive harvest). Settler attacks are also linked to attempts to dismantle settlement outposts. According to settler statements, settlers are now implementing a strategy wherein there will be a high "price" to pay for each attempt to dismantle settlement outposts.

· Humanitarian impact: The humanitarian impact of settler violence is significant. Although not the most significant result in terms of numbers, the gravest outcome is the killing and injury of Palestinian men, women and children. Settler violence also harms Palestinians by damaging livelihoods. In some cases, settler attacks have been so systematic as to directly contribute to the displacement of Palestinian residents. Examples include the H2 area of Hebron, Palestinian hamlets in Massafer Yatta, and the village of Yanun, in the northern West Bank (whose residents subsequently returned). Addressing the impact of settler violence on Palestinian civilians has been identified by humanitarian agencies as a key humanitarian need in the 2009 Consolidated Appeal.

· Humanitarian concern: In the absence of effective Israeli law enforcement, along with increasingly aggressive settler activity, there is concern that the situation may deteriorate further. In particular, there is concern that settler violence may result in far greater numbers of Palestinian casualties, related damage and further displacement.


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occupied Palestinian territory





i. Palestinian Casualties

Of the 290 settler-related incidents affecting Palestinian civilians recorded by OCHA in the first ten months of 2008, 24% resulted in Palestinian casualties: three Palestinian males, including one child, were killed and 128 injured (including 28 women and 21 children).These surpassed the total number of settler-related Palestinian casualties in 2006 (92 – 1 death, 91 injuries) and 2007 (74, all injuries). Approximately half of all Palestinian injuries from settler violence each year since 2006 have been inflicted on children, women, and men 70 years and older.18

The majority of incidents that resulted in Palestinian casualties occurred in the Hebron governorate, 39 incidents. Of these, 30 incidents occurred in the H2 area of Hebron City.This represents 42% of all incidents resulting in casualties. Seven of the remaining nine incidents occurred in the south Hebron area. Other incidents resulting in casualties occurred in the Ramallah governorate (4%) and the Nablus governorate, where six of the eight total incidents involved settlers from Yitzhar and Bracha.

The majority of Palestinian injuries caused by Israeli settlers each year since 2006 have been the result of unarmed physical assaults. In the first 10 months of 2008, these injuries represented 65% of all injuries caused by Israeli settlers.The number of such injuries, 83, surpassed the parallel figure for 2006 and 2007, when 61 and 53 injuries were caused by physical assault, respectively.

The second-largest category of injuries in 2008 was those caused by stone-throwing by settlers. These incidents accounted for 27% of all Palestinian injuries in 2008.There were twice as many stone-throwing-related injuries – 35 – in the first ten months of 2008 as in 2007, when 16 of all injuries were caused by stone-throwing.19 In 2006, 15% of all cases, or 14 injuries, were caused by stone-throwing.The same year, an almost equal number of injuries, 15, were caused by live ammunition fired by Israeli settlers. Such injuries were considerably fewer in 2007 and 2008, with five and two injuries, respectively.




Settler killings of Palestinians: In 2008, one Palestinian male child (17-years-old) was killed by Israeli settlers in the West Bank.Two other Palestinian males (aged 19 and 22 years) were killed by Israeli settlers in contexts that were disputed: one died after being shot by a settler who alleged that the Palestinian tried to stab him; and another died while bird hunting with a group of Palestinians after he was shot by an off-duty IDF soldier,who claimed that he was responding to fire from the group of Palestinians.20

In 2007, OCHA recorded no Palestinian deaths due to settler violence. In 2006, one death was recorded: a 48 year-old Palestinian man was shot dead when an Israeli settler opened fire at his vehicle.




Examples of incidents resulting in injuries in 2008:

• 30 March: A 39-year-old Palestinian man from Kafr Qaddum in the Qalqiliya governorate was physically assaulted by Israeli settlers from Qedumim settlement while he was working on his land.

• 8 June: A 70-year-old Palestinian man, his 68-year-old wife, and 32-year-old relative from Khirbet Susiya, located south of Yatta in the Hebron governorate were injured, the wife seriously, when four settlers attacked them with iron pipes and sharp objects, while grazing their sheep on land rented out to them near the settlement.

• 13 August:A 13-year-old Palestinian boy from the H2 area of Hebron city was injured in the head when Israeli settlers threw stones at him in the vicinity of the Ibrahimi Mosque.

• 4 September: A 9-year old Palestinian boy from the Wadi Al Hussein neighbourhood in the H2 area of Hebron city was hospitalized after a group of settlers from the settlements of Kiryat Arba and Al Rajabi House beat him while en route to his home.

• 11 October:A woman (aged 20) and two men (aged 24 and 47) from Burin were injured by stones thrown by settlers from Yitzhar settlement while they were picking olives on their land.The settlers cut down 18 olive trees before they attacked the farmers.

• 19 October: A 45-year-old Palestinian man from 'Arraba in the Jenin governorate was physically assaulted when settlers from Mevo Dotan settlement attacked Palestinian farmers picking olives in their fields. Settlers stole the farmer's harvest and prevented them from harvesting any more olives.


Displacement caused by Settler Violence

OCHA, along with a number of human rights organizations, has observed that, in some cases, settler attacks have been so systematic – and the response of the relevant Israeli authorities so absent – as to directly contribute to the displacement of Palestinian residents from the targeted area.

In Autumn 2002, the residents of the Palestinian village of Yanoun in the northern West Bank evacuated en masse in order to escape years of regular attack from area settlers.20 They returned only after international peace activists established an active presence in the village in an attempt to protect residents from settler violence.This protective presence is ongoing as a result of the work of the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI).21

In the southern West Bank city of Hebron, the Israeli human rights groups B'Tselem and the Association for Civil Rights in Israel found in late 2006 that more than 40% of Palestinian apartments in the City Center had been vacated and over 75% of Palestinian businesses had closed due to difficult living conditions caused by settler harassment and restrictive IDF policies.22

In November 2005, OCHA conducted a survey of Palestinian families in the area of Masafer Yatta in south Hebron. The findings showed that 75 families (837 people) residing in 11 hamlets had been internally displaced from the area between 1998 and 2002. These communities were all located in close proximity to Israeli settlements and their displacement resulted from security concerns and economic difficulties arising from the actions of area settlers. Most displaced residents had experienced violent attacks from settlers directly or as witnesses. Settlers reportedly had targeted the Palestinian residents that were most reluctant to leave. Residents reported that settlers employed various techniques, including setting dogs onto children and women and poisoning livestock. The displacement had pushed the majority of the families into poverty, with nearly half of them becoming recipients of humanitarian aid




ii. Property Damage

In the first 10 months of 2008, the single largest category of settler-related incidents was made up of incidents that caused property damage, without resulting in any casualties.There were 79 such cases, some 27% of total incidents. In 2007, 24% of recorded incidents resulted in damage to Palestinian property, down from 33% in 2006.

The value of settler-related property damage is significant and has a direct impact on Palestinian livelihoods. Incidents resulting in property damage recorded in 2008 included



• 1 January: Israeli settlers from the settlements of Efrat and El'eazar set fire to a 700-year-old mosque located on the lands of the village of Al Khader near the settlements (Bethlehem).

• 4 February: Israeli settlers from Havat Gilad outpost uprooted about 200 newly planted olive trees from land belonging to Palestinian farmers from Jit village (Qalqiliya).

• 16 June: A group of Israeli settlers from Yitzhar settlement attempted to physically assault three Palestinian shepherds, including a 12-year-old boy and a 14-year-old boy, in Burin village. After the three Palestinians managed to escape, the settlers stabbed and killed three donkeys.

• 19 June: Israeli settlers from Yitzhar settlement set fire to agricultural land belonging to farmers from Burin, 'Asira al Qibliya and 'Urif villages. More than 800 dunums of olive groves were burnt (Nablus).

• 14 July: Israeli settlers from Beit El settlement threatened a Palestinian herder from Beitin village and stole his 25 sheep (Ramallah).

• 14 September: A group of Israeli settlers from Itamar settlement burnt about 400 olive trees on land belonging to Palestinians from 'Awarta village (Nablus).

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Settlers invade Qaryut village near Nablus, shoot 15-year-old boy
Date: 09 / 01 / 2009 Time: 14:40


[Ma'anImages]
Nablus-Ma’an- A 15-year-old Palestinian boy was shot by Israeli settlers in near the village of Qaryut south of Nablus city Friday at noon.

The village is bordered by the illegal Israeli settlements of Eli to the west and Shilo to the south. Approximately ten settlers from the Shilo settlement invaded the Palestinian village, said Head of the rural council Abd Al-Nasser Al-Badawy in a telephone call to Ma’an.


While in the village one of the settlers shot Yousif Musa near his home, about 100 meters into the village municipal boundaries. After firing on the boy the group fled the area.


Musa was transferred to the governmental hospital in Ramallah.


Head of municipal and rural affairs Ghassan Daghlas condemned the attack, which he said was part of a trend, calling the act “barbaric.”


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Settlers shoot at village homes; Israeli troops overrun village and surround mosque
Date: 09 / 01 / 2009 Time: 21:34

Qalqiliya – Ma’an- Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Kfar Qaddum north east of Qalqiliya after a group of Israeli settlers entered the village and shot at several homes in the area.

Eyewitnesses said a massive number of Israeli soldiers overran the village and surrounded its mosque preventing residents from entering it.

Witnesses added that they heard soldiers talking about a settler who was inside the mosque in a bid to commit some sort of crime while inside. Soldiers then combed the area surrounding the mosque and then retreated from the area.

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Israeli settler kills Palestinian teenager near Qalqiliya
Date: 13 / 01 / 2009 Time: 22:09

Qalqilya – Ma’an – An Israeli settler shot a Palestinian teenager dead near the West Bank city of Qalqiliya on Tuesday evening.

According to Israeli media the settler opened fire on a group of young Palestinians who were throwing stones at settlers’ cars on a main road near the town of Azzun.

The teenager was identified as Naser Mustafa Odeh Al-A’raj.

The Israeli army prevented the Palestine Red Crescent ambulances from approach the location of the shooting. Israeli troops brought Al-A’raj to an Israeli hospital, where he died.

The settler shooter is reported to be from the nearby settlement of Immanu’el.

http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php...tails&ID=34945

West Bank settlers seize farmland south of Hebron
Date: 25 / 01 / 2009 Time: 17:10

Hebron – Ma'an – Israeli settlers flanked by soldiers seized new land south of the West Bank city of Hebron on Sunday, Palestinian security sources said.

Security officials in Hebron said that the settlers, from the nearby settlement Karmel, near the Palestinian town of Yata, erected a metal fence on land near the settlement and prevented local Palestinian resident from approaching the fence. The settlers appeared to be preparing to occupy the land.

The confiscated farmland belongs to families from Yatta, including Abu Hamid, Qraeich, and Abu Fanar. The Palestinians who own the land are urging international intervention to save their land, as they say farming is their only source of income.

Sources in Yatta say that there has been new construction in the Karmel settlement, and that new settlers have arrived to live in the community.

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Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian shepherds in northern West Bank

Monday January 26, 2009 15:10 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News & Agencies

Palestinian shepherds reported on Monday that Israeli settlers attacked them on lands located near Tubas city in the northern part of the West Bank.

According to the Shepherds a group of armed Israeli settlers attacked them then threatened to shot them and their sheep if they do not leave.

The settlers said that next time they will shoot to kill, the shepherds reported. The land is located near by an Israeli settlement and it's owned by local farmers.

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Monday February 02, 2009 15:16 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News & Agencies

A Palestinian boy was injured after an Israeli settler hit him with his car near the southern West Bank city of Hebron on Monday.

File Photo - Israeli troops in Hebron



The boy, Sohayib Abu Miqdad, age six, was moved to an Israeli hospital for treatment.

Witnesses said that the settler hit the boy, and then Israeli troops arrived and surrounded the area. Witnesses added that the soldiers called an Israeli ambulance and took the boy to the hospital.

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PNN exclusive – With the Israeli elections being largely campaigned on support for the militant settler movement Jewish extremists continue to act with impunity.

The occupied West Bank was the scene last night of the type of shooting that has become routine from the south's Hebron to Nablus in the north.

Israeli settlers from the Beitar Illit Settlement built on the land of several western Bethlehem towns opened fire on Husan Village Monday.

Settlers entered the town and began firing at houses and along the streets. Residents describe the shooting as "sudden" and "indiscriminate."

Mahfouz Hamamra is now in Bethlehem’s Beit Jala Government Hospital, Al Hussein.

The 15 year old is among the victims. To remove a bullet lodged in his right leg Hamamra underwent emergency surgery.

Citizens are increasingly agitated and despairing as the Israeli policy of settlement expansion continues in spite of international law, the United Nations, the US envoy George Mitchell and the non-violent resistance movement that routinely protests.

In Husan Village today the people say they are afraid to let their children outside. "The incident confirms once again," a resident said, "that the settlers are a danger to people."

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Tuesday February 10, 2009 09:28 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News & Agencies

A Palestinian boy from the village of Hussan, located near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem, was injured on Monday night when he was shot by Israeli settlers, local sources reported.

Settler preventing Isreli activist from shooting video in Hebron (Photo: Marcel Masferrer Pascual)



Medical sources stated that Ali Hammamrah, age 15, sustained wounds in his leg, and was moved to Bethlehem hospital for treatment.

The village reported that the boy was playing in the street when settlers form a nearby settlement drove by and opened fire, injuring the boy. They added that the settlers have increased their attacks on the villagers and their lands in recent weeks.

Also, the villagers said that the Israeli troops usually aid the settlers in their attacks.

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Settlers assault taxi driver, set fire to car near Nablus
Date: 18 / 02 / 2009 Time: 20:06


Nablus – Ma’an – A Palestinian taxi driver was beaten by Israeli settlers who also burned his car near the West Bank city of Nablus on Wednesday.

Witnesses said that settlers from the settlement Homesh pulled 57-year-old Ibrahim Shalash Hamour from his car, beating him on the head. The settlers then set fire to the taxi.

Ghassan Doughlous, a local Palestinian official, said that Hamour was later taken to a hospital with a wound above his eye.

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Palestinian child struck by settler car in Hebron
Date: 18 / 02 / 2009 Time: 16:54


Hebron – Ma’an – An Israeli settler’s car struck an eight-year-old Palestinian child in the West Bank city of Hebron on Wednesday.

According to medical sources at Hebron’s public hospital, eight-year-old Islam Adli Al-Ja’bari was moderately injured. The settler, from the settlement of Kiryat Arba, was reported to have fled the scene.

According to local sources in Hebron, Israeli soldiers administered first aid to the child. A Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance then arrived to transport the boy to the hospital.

Witnesses said that another group of settlers on the scene attacked Palestinians in the area.

The accident occurred in the area of Hebron under the full control of the Israeli military.

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Masked settlers in the nothern West Bank.


March 9, 2009


January and February 2009


Hebron and South West Bank Region

1st of January

Near the village of Nahhaleen an Israeli Army Officer issued order n. 29-08-T for the confiscation of an area of 10 dunam. The land will be used to create a connection between the settlements of Beitar 'Ilit and Gav'ot, in the area of Kfar Etzion Settlement Bloc. According to local sources the road will cut the area of Nahhaleen village into two parts, so the farmers will need special permission to go to work on their lands on the other side of the road. Research done on the maps made by ARIJ show that the number of dunam involved in the road project will be more than 10, that is 18. These actions will isolate 4,400 dunam of the village. (source: al-Yyam newspaper, 14 January)

9 February

Near Husan village (West of Bethlehem), Ali Mahfoouz Hamamreh, 15 years old, was injured in the right leg. A settler shot at him while he was walking on the road between his village and the settlement of Beitar 'Ilit. The child was taken to Beit Jala Hospital, where his medical conditions were defined "difficult." The AIC met the family of the child, which stated that the settlers often attack people walking on that road and the habitations of the area. The most typical attacks are firing guns and throwing of stones against homes and people.


In the village of al- Khader, dozens of settlers from Efrat (South of Bethlehem) moved with mobile homes and built to the West- South of the settlement, on a land that belong to Palestinian farmers. The action has made in the framework a series of attacks perpetrated in order to frighten Palestinians and confiscate more land. Ramzee Salah, the major of al-Khader village, claimed: "Our village is one of the more affected by the land confiscation for the settlement project. Since 1967 more than 19,000 dunam were confiscated. Al-Khader is completely surrounded by settlements and bypass roads. The village's development and expanding is limited by the nearness of the settlement."

15 February

In Beit El, the Israeli Court and the Civil Administration decided to confiscate 1,770 dunam to the West of Efrat settlement (south of Bethlehem): the land will be declared "state land." The order of confiscation was issued one year ago and the nine Palestinian families of the village of al-Khader who were affected appealed to the Court. Only one appeal was accepted, while eight were rejected. According to the Israeli plan 2,500 house units will be built on the land in order to expand the settlement of Efrat. It is probable that the decision of the Israeli Court is a consequence of the Israeli elections, where the right parties won, with a strong program for the settlement project in the Occupied Territories. (see more at the Alternativ Information Center website, here.

18 February

In the area at south-east of Yatta, settlers from the settlement of Carmiel started to build a new road. Jaber Abu Humaid, chairman of the village of Omm Saffa, has claimed: "The building of a new road means that approximately 700 dunam will be de facto confiscated, otherwise they will be inside the road. Tens of families will lose their land, where they have cultivated and where their goats pasture. For example, my family own 80 dunam in that place and we couldn't reach our land. Furthermore, in the area there used to be a lot of wells, very important for the farmer, in order to slake the thirst of the goats and the sheep."

Last week of February

The Israeli military, which have day to day control the area of Oush Grab verbally ordered to the Palestinian Municipality to close the area. The local workers that are developing the picnic area have been forbidden to go to the place and to continue their activities. The park area is part of a project of the Municipality of Beit Sahour and USAID and is placed near a former Israeli Military Base. The Municipality was negotiating in order to build a Cancer Hospital for Children. Since May 2008 the settlers of the area of Bethlehem, leaded by Women in Green are coming weekly with the clear aim of taking over the area.


Settler Violence Report: January - February 2009 :: www.uruknet.info :: informazione dal medio oriente :: information from middle east :: [vs-1]

The Palestinian news service you cite is, of course, completely neutral, objective and reliable, right?

Fair and balanced, like Fox News. LOL

There are many different news services cited, not just P ones, and even if it is a P or activist cite, it's still true. none of those sites make stuff up

It's true? Really? Was the Jenin massacre hoax that Pals faked "still true"?

I'd like to put those people making accusations on a witness stand and cross examine them to determine the accuracy of their allegations.

These incidents are only a few of the reports-there are so many from many different sources including reuters etc., the reality is that this happens constantly, there was just a small article in 'The Economist' about the constaant destruction of Olive trees and other violence, but for the most part the US media stays silent as US taxpayer money goes to these KKK settlers! surly it isn't downplayed so much in the arab world and muslim world how brutal the zionists are-with US support as the US tries to 'win over' the local population in iraq or afghanistan and americans get kiad everyday, thx to the zionsts the muslim rebels will have plenty of new recruits

Even if its true, the Jewish Settlers are just exercising their right to self defense, and the Palestinians they are targeting are terrorists.

Right Ed?

Now, Reuters is a reliable source. That is, when they are not being duped by hoaxes...
CNBC, Reuters fall for climate hoax - Lisa Lerer and Michael Calderone - POLITICO.com

Pretty much the only reliable source of news is the Israeli government. Right Ed?

Yes, yes. Israel sucks. Has anyone argued that?

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During the journey we commonly forget its goal. Almost every profession is chosen as a means to an end but continued as an end in itself. Forgetting our objectives is the most frequent act of stupidity.
-Friedrich Nietzsche, The Wanderer and his Shadow

All good socialists have villas in Southern France. That's not the point.
-Eurosocialist