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Israeli
soldiers protect settlers attacking Palestinian villagers
RT,
20
November, 2014
The
IDF troops did nothing to stop Israeli settlers from attacking
Palestinian villagers, according to videos released by the Yesh Din
rights group, showing soldiers pointing guns at Palestinians while
Israelis are throwing stones from behind their backs.
In
the three amateur videos released by the Yesh Din human rights group,
the IDF soldiers appear to be protecting the masked Jewish settlers
from Yitzhar during their confrontation with Palestinians in the
village of Urif in the West Bank on Tuesday.
“IDF
soldiers have the obligation, based on international law and High
Court of Justice rulings, to protect Palestinian residents from
violence, and IDF soldiers have the authority to detain suspects,
including Israeli suspects, until the police arrive,” Yesh
Din said in a statement.
The
footage shows at least 5 armed IDF soldiers standing amongst the
settlers and at times pointing guns at the Palestinians.
“The
disturbing video footage demands vigorous investigation and the
immediate prosecution of the soldiers involved. An examination must
also be carried out of whether the soldiers’ commanders bear
liability for the conduct of their subordinates,” attorney
Emily Schaeffer Omer-Man, legal advisor to Yesh Din’s said.
The
Israeli settlers’ attack on Palestinians reportedly took place just
hours after a deadly attack on a synagogue in Jerusalem which killed
5 Israelis.
According
to the IDF around 200 Palestinians engaged some 50 settlers by
throwing stones in an area between the settlement of Yitzhar and the
Palestinian village of Urif, Haaretz reports. The army said the
confrontation started before the soldiers arrived and had to use gas
canisters to disperse the youths – something the videos cannot
confirm.
The
IDF said there were no injuries, but Yesh Din claims that a
13-year-old boy suffered a light head wound. The boy was reportedly
treated at Rafidia Hospital in Nablus.
Beside
the stone throwing exchange, Israeli settlers also attacked a
Palestinian school in Urif, Ghassan Daghlas, an official who monitors
settler activity in the northern West Bank told Ma'an news agency. He
claimed that after Palestinians intervened and clashed with Israelis,
IDF forces interfered in clashes by firing tear gas and stun grenades
and injured six Palestinians with rubber-coated steel bullets. Cases
of teargas suffocation were also reported.
Jerusalem Unrest Threatens Wider Flare-Up After Deadliest Attack on Israeli Civilians in 3 Years
Democracy Now!
The unrest that has gripped Jerusalem has escalated after a deadly attack on five Israeli civilians.
The victims were killed when armed Palestinians stormed a synagogue during morning prayers. It was the deadliest attack on Israeli civilians in more than three years and the worst in Jerusalem since 2008.
The dead included three U.S.-born rabbis, a British-born rabbi and a Druze police officer. Seven worshipers were injured. The assailants were shot dead by police. The attack came after weeks of unrest fueled in part by a dispute over Jerusalem’s holiest site, known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and known to Jews as the Temple Mount, as well as the continued expansion of Israeli settlements in East Jerusalem.
After the synagogue killings, Israeli settlers launched reprisal attacks in the occupied West Bank, targeting a school near Nablus and Palestinian motorists on a road near Hebron. At least five Palestinians were wounded after Israeli forces fired rubber-coated bullets.
We are joined from Jerusalem by Ha’aretz correspondent Amira Hass, the only Israeli journalist to have spent several years living in and reporting from Gaza and the West Bank.
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#Israel #Palestine #WestBank #Ramallah
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