A Palestinian works in an olive grove in the West Bank village of al-Mughayyir last month.
The most serious incident took place in January near the rural West Bank village of al-Mughayyir, when a Palestinian was shot dead, allegedly by settlers belonging to a volunteer security team for the nearby Israeli settlements. According to the United Nations, nine other Palestinians suffered gunshot wounds when the settlers opened fire during a confrontation on the outskirts of the village.
The United Nations and other organizations that track violence by the settlers have expressed alarm about the increase of Israeli attacks in the West Bank, which has been occupied by Israel since the 1967 war. Some 450,000 Israelis live in settlements deemed illegal by most of the international community.
“When they don’t meet them, they are frustrated,” he said, noting the existence of right-wing groups that use attacks to advance their political interests.In 2016 and 2017, settler violence had dropped sharply, which some observers attributed to a crackdown by Israeli authorities. Yizrael Gantz, a settler leader in the West Bank, sought to downplay the extent of the problem, saying the violence is perpetrated by a small group of troubled youths.
“We don’t know if the stabbing of the youth was connected to the tractor. All we know is, from a security perspective, that we were alerted and things got out of control,” said Moshe Tamir, the head of 49 “fast response” teams for settlements in the area. The teams include 2,000 armed volunteers, among them many retired army combat soldiers.
HONTE à ces colons israéliens VOLEURS DE TERRES EN CISJORDANIE PALESTINIENNE.... HONTE à EUX....
The moniker “Israeli Settlers” is misleading. Israelis are not settling on land which already belongs to them by right. Labeling them as settlers is unfair.
Why move the most important reason to last place? '(A)nger over Arab attacks.)
No discussion of Palestinians killing an infant, raping & killing a young girl or the call from the mosque to attack. This is a complex problem with violence on BOTH sides. WAPO is using a headline to only blame one side.
I guess “walls work” unless you’re on the other side.
Settlers ?. Property and land theives.
Bibi NEEDS TO GO. HE IS AS CORRUPT AS DONALD TRUMP
American Dems are OK with this.
This is anti semitic. You can't criticize Israel like that, those are God's homies.
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Terrorists
Bibi is going and the settlers are nervous.