A settler reports a sheep theft – apparently a false accusation – setting off this chain of events: The army raids a Palestinian village, joins settlers in stealing dozens of sheep and goats, and, along the way, shoots two young men dead
A nearby family was forced out of their home at gunpoint by settlers, who raised an Israeli flag on the roof. Louai Abu Ridi wants to protect his property.
The Palestinian village of Al-Mughayyir, surrounded by illegal outposts, has come under daily settler attacks in recent weeks. Settlers recently stole 170 sheep in broad daylight. The next day, a uniformed settler fatally shot 2 Palestinians.
Ambushed, dragged to a hilltop outpost, beaten unconscious: Palestinian teen Owais Hammam recounts his brutal torture by Israeli settlers and soldiers.
Israeli settlers were filmed torturing lambs that belonged to Palestinians in the West Bank. Gouged their eyes out. Smashed them with cinder blocks.
‘The army stood by,’ write journalists who see themselves as opponents of the occupation, saying the IDF ‘has the legal and moral duty to protect Palestinians,’ but the army cannot protect those whom it is oppressing.
Is concern for Palestinians becoming a bipartisian issue? Florida Republican Matt Gaetz speaks out about recent events in the occupied West Bank.
US, EU continue to supply weapons for Israel’s genocide; Israeli attacks against Christians, clergy on the rise in West Bank – on Easter and every day; Israeli military admits ‘professional failures’ over Gaza paramedic killings; settler attacks on Palestinians on the rise