BETHLEHEM, November 30, 2015
(WAFA) – Israeli extremist settlers late Sunday night sprayed Anti-Arab graffiti
on a car near Bethlehem; in which they pledged to “kill” Palestinians in the
area, according to local sources.
Mohammad Atallah, mayor of Beit
Eskarya village, south of Bethlehem, said settlers from the nearby illegal Gush
Etzion settlement bloc broke into the village and sprayed anti Arab graffiti
such as, “Death to Arabs” on the car of a local Palestinian villager, before
they slashed one of its tires.
Furthermore, settlers hung the Israeli
flag on vine trees in land belonging to local Palestinians in the area.
Atallah said the village has
been a frequent target of daily violence by Jewish settlers from nearby
settlements.
Violence by illegal Jewish
settlers in the West Bank is commonplace. They have repeatedly attacked
Palestinian property and worship places. Settler violence includes property and
mosque arsons, stone-throwing, uprooting of crops and olive trees, attacks on
vulnerable homes, among others.
According to the Israeli human
rights group B’Tselem, “Israeli security forces do not always deploy in advance
to protect Palestinians from settler violence, even when such violence could be
anticipated. “In some cases, rather than restricting violent settlers, Israeli
security forces impose restrictions on the Palestinians.”
On July 31, a group of Jewish
fanatics attacked with fire bombs the home of Dawabsheh family in Nablus’
village of Duma. The attack left
4-year-old Ahmad orphaned, after his toddler brother, Ali, father, Sa’ed and
mother, Reham, lost their lives.
According to OCHA Protection of
Civilians Weekly report covering the period between 3 and 9 of November 2015, “At
least four Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians and their property were
recorded in the H2 area of Hebron city, including the physical assault of a
15-year-old boy by a group of settlers, and, on three separate occasions,
stone-throwing at Palestinian houses and threatening of families in the area of
Jabal Johar, and Tel Rumeida by settlers from the Israeli settlement of Kiryat
Arba’, in the presence of Israeli forces.”
M.N./T.R.
