Prisoner issue and settler violence drive escalation of West Bank protests

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

http://972mag.com/prisoner-issue-and-settler-violence-drive-escalation-of-west-bank-protests/66577/

Less reported but not less important is an increase in settler violence against Palestinians. There are several reports every week on “price tag” attacks by settlers against Palestinians and their property – those usually include torching trees, cars and mosques, spray-painting threatening and insulting graffiti, and violent attacks on civilians.

On Saturday, several armed settlers – some of them with their faces covered – entered a Palestinian plantation near the village of Qusra (in the Nablus region) and confronted local Palestinians, who threw stones at them. The settlers uprooted several olive trees and tried to torched a house. Last week, six of the village’s cars were torched.

A couple of Palestinians were wounded by live ammunition, apparently fired by the settlers. As can be seen in the photos below, soldiers who were present at the site didn’t try to stop the settlers, even those who threatened the Palestinians with their guns.

Yeah, Israel isn't an apartheid state.

[PDJane]

1. The settlers are working with the IDF, too;

this makes the violence even more egregious. There is nothing that justifies the settler attacks, and nothing that justifies the IDF encouragement.

[azurnoir]

2. It seems that IDF/Israel has become freer with it's use

of live ammo on Palestinian protesters in the West Bank since the UNGA vote recognizing Palestine last November

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

3. Perhaps Israel feels it can intimidate and shoot its way to victory?

This reminds me the history of the Old South and Jim Crow laws.

Its fekking pathetic that Democratic Israel allows such state-sponsored violence against the Palestinians.