‘You Accuse Us of Being Terrorists. What Do You Expect of Us, When You Come to the Village to Kill?’

‘You Accuse Us of Being Terrorists. What Do You Expect of Us, When You Come to the Village to Kill?’

A visit to a West Bank ‘terrorist village,’ where the family of Uday Salah is in mourning. The teen was shot to death by an Israeli sniper during a nighttime army raid, after the killing of an Israeli officer, allegedly by someone in the town.

by Gideon Levy and Alex Levac, reposted from Ha’aretz, September 23, 2022

Uday Salah.
Uday Salah. (https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/twilight-zone/2022-09-23/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/you-accuse-us-of-terrorism-what-do-you-expect-of-us-when-you-come-to-town-to-kill/00000183-6bb3-d4b1-a197-efbf4e330000)
Uday Salah's room.
Uday Salah’s room. (https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/twilight-zone/2022-09-23/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/you-accuse-us-of-terrorism-what-do-you-expect-of-us-when-you-come-to-town-to-kill/00000183-6bb3-d4b1-a197-efbf4e330000)
High-school friends of Uday Salah, at his fresh grave in the village of Kafr Dan this week. The writing is already on the wall for the next incident involving bloodshed there.
High-school friends of Uday Salah, at his fresh grave in the village of Kafr Dan this week. The writing is already on the wall for the next incident involving bloodshed there. (https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/twilight-zone/2022-09-23/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/you-accuse-us-of-terrorism-what-do-you-expect-of-us-when-you-come-to-town-to-kill/00000183-6bb3-d4b1-a197-efbf4e330000)

That night, Trad got home from work at 11:30 P.M., he recalls; Uday was awake, out on the balcony with a cousin. Because of recent tensions and the army’s frequent nighttime incursions, the villagers have taken to staying awake at night and sleeping during the day. Uday went to sleep after midnight; his father stayed up.

At about 1:30 A.M., social media in the Jenin area started to roil: The army is approaching Kafr Dan, said the reports, which flowed in from all directions: from Jalameh, Salem and the area near the Mevo Dotan settlement.

Kafr Dan, this week.
Kafr Dan, this week. (https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/twilight-zone/2022-09-23/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/you-accuse-us-of-terrorism-what-do-you-expect-of-us-when-you-come-to-town-to-kill/00000183-6bb3-d4b1-a197-efbf4e330000)
The village of Kafr Dan, in the northern West Bank.
The village of Kafr Dan, in the northern West Bank. (https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/twilight-zone/2022-09-23/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/you-accuse-us-of-terrorism-what-do-you-expect-of-us-when-you-come-to-town-to-kill/00000183-6bb3-d4b1-a197-efbf4e330000)
Trad Salah, Uday's father. "You [Israelis] justify your soldiers’ violence, so what can you expect? You are pushing them to resist by force."
Trad Salah, Uday’s father. “You [Israelis] justify your soldiers’ violence, so what can you expect? You are pushing them to resist by force.” (https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/twilight-zone/2022-09-23/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/you-accuse-us-of-terrorism-what-do-you-expect-of-us-when-you-come-to-town-to-kill/00000183-6bb3-d4b1-a197-efbf4e330000)

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