WATCH: Masked settler beats Palestinian with metal pipe

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

http://972mag.com/watch-masked-settler-beats-palestinian-with-metal-pipe/80811/

Masked settlers attacked Palestinian olive pickers and Israelis who joined them on Sunday near the village of Burin, I reported here. Now, a video of the incident has come to light, showing what appears to be a planned, vicious and quick attack.

The masked settlers, who reportedly came from the direction of the settlement of Yitzhar run toward the olive pickers, working at the height of the olive harvest. They throw stones at the Palestinians and Israelis who are with them.

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According to Rabbis for Human Rights, whose members were accompanying the Palestinian olive pickers on Sunday, almost 2,000 Palestinian-owned trees have been damaged in recent months in areas notorious for violence against Palestinians.

“What is surprising to us is that masked men succeeded in descending the not insignificant distance from Yitzhar to attack, when the IDF knew that the olive harvest was taking place there today, that the area is notorious for violence, and that farmers and our volunteers were attacked at the same place last week,” Rabbi Arik Ascherman, president of Rabbis for Human Rights said.

[ForgoTheConsequence]

1. Sad.

I'm sure if the roles were reversed the IDF would have stepped in and shot a few people.