Villagers said that the settlers killed one of the donkeys after Israeli forces, who arrived an hour and a half after the incident, left the scene shortly after. ‘People are very afraid now; they saw what was done to the donkey,’ one resident said.
Their visit (organized by a Menachem Begin friend) wasn’t intended to meet Palestinian Christians or to visit the holy site of Bethlehem as Christmas approaches. Instead, they came to express solidarity with Israel & its oppression of the Palestinians. How can one claim to be a follower of Christ while standing with those who kill, dispossess, & degrade an entire people?
Meet Yasser Abu Shabab’s successor; another West Bank Palestinian killed by Israeli forces, as settlers get even more savage; under Ben Gvir, over 100 Palestinians died in prison; Israeli spyware; Palestine protesters; so much more
“Sadistic sexual religious rituals” Israeli Systemic Rape turns abused youth into prison guards who then teach dogs to rape, and use techniques of torture learned from Nazis on innocent Palestinians.
‘Where is the Israeli Shin Bet? Where is the Israel Police?’: Attackers fractured Hikmat Shteiwi’s skull, caused dozens of other fractures and torched his car in his olive grove. The army is supposed to prevent such attacks, but is protecting the settlers, friends and family members of the victim tell Haaretz.
Israeli military backed colonizers are annexing historical Christian communities in Bethlehem, and starving them of their rightful and legally owned land.
YouTube offered conflicting explanations for deleting the account of Robert Inlakesh, who covered Israel’s occupation of the West Bank.
“This is unprecedented damage,” said the lead researcher on the project, who has worked in wartorn Syria. Gaza has “become like a barren land.”
Israeli PM Netanyahu’s notion of ceasefire in Gaza allows for daily violations and civilian casualties, and perpetual impunity.
A number of recent reports by reputable human rights agencies and news websites have detailed the prevalence of this horrifying form of torture.