Jewish settlers beat up Palestinian boy near Hebron

[ProgressiveMuslim]

Sat Nov 8, 9:00 am ET
HEBRON, West Bank (AFP) – Jewish settlers on Saturday beat up a six-year-old Palestinian boy near the West Bank town of Hebron, and he was taken to hospital suffering from moderate head wounds, medics said.

Bilal Daana was attacked by a group of settlers near the Jewish settlement of Kiryat Arba near Hebron. They beat him up and threw stones at him, the Palestinian medics said.

The boy was taken by Israeli soldiers to a checkpoint at the entrance to Hebron from where he was transferred to the local Al-Ahli hospital.

The incident was the latest in a surge of settler attacks on Palestinians, peace activists and Israeli soldiers since the authorities dismantled a settlement outpost near Hebron last month.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081108/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictwestbanksettler

[Ian David]

1. "... since the authorities dismantled a settlement outpost near Hebron last month." n/t

[jonnyblitz]

2. are you saying this justifies the beating of the palestinian boy?

are the "authorities" Palestinian? i don't get why you posted that excerpt from the OP. :shrug:

[LeftishBrit]

3. The authorities are Israeli. I can't speak for Ian, but think that the point may be that...

this is not Israeli government policy, but the actions of people against the government and its decision to dismantle the settlement, who are now acting as thugs and outlaws (if they ever acted as anything else).

Regardless, it's revolting behaviour, and it might not have reached this point if the government had cracked down earlier.

[midnight]

4. I have friends with family in Jerusalem. They visit the area

regularly. The most interesting matter about all this fighting is how very similar these people are. They share the same language, food, land, and sometimes family via marriage. This is like those of us in Wisconsin fighting with those of you in Illinois. Over things like water, baseball, and you might want to add others,but those are the long standing issues for my family. Now the most that comes of this is comments to the effect of "Illinois drivers", and a few snubbed remarks after a brewers/socks game. The middle east situation is different because their two leaders are fighting,or something to that effect, and hence giving a green light for this behavior.

[applegrove]

5. Sick.

[oberliner]

6. Glad to hear that Barak is planning to crack down on this

Thanks for posting this horrific story - let's hope Barak is as good as his word and action is taking against thugs like this.

[azurnoir]

7. Beating a child?

What the hell is wrong with these people? those on either side that are so cowardly as to aim their hate at children should be pilloried.

[LeftishBrit]

8. Agree!!