Israeli settlers attack Palestinian village

[ProgressiveMuslim]

Israeli settlers attack Palestinian village

(AFP) – 17 hours ago

NABLUS, West Bank — Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, shooting in the air and smashing windows, witnesses said.

The Israeli military confirmed there had been an incident in the Asira al Qibliya village in the northern West Bank, but that there were no reports of casualties.

Residents said about 30 people from the Yitzhar settlement, a bastion of hardliners, entered the village, firing guns in the air and hurling rocks at windows.

Israeli troops intervened and fired teargas at young Palestinians who were retaliating by throwing rocks at the settlers.

Such incidents are not uncommon and hardline settlers have adopted a strategy of attacking Palestinian villages or fields whenever they feel a settlement is under threat of evacuation....
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[ProgressiveMuslim]

1. Whew! Good thing the IDF was there to protect the marauding settlers from the terrorist youth.

What if one of the settlers got hit with a stone?

OMG!

[LeftishBrit]

2. Disgusting.

[polly7]

3. Sickening.

[Larkspur]

4. I'm sure the "Israel is always right" mob will blame the Palestinians

That bias runs in the blood of the IDF as well, it seems.

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[Scurrilous]

6. Jewish man shoots 2 Arabs in Jerusalem

Youth in his 20s says fired at Arabs gathered next to him after feeling threatened. Arabs lightly injured; shooter arrested. Following incident, Silwan neighborhood residents hurl stones at police forces, Jews' houses

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3775537,00.html

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"A Jewish youth opened fire at two Arabs in a parking lot in Jerusalem's Old City on Friday evening. The two Arabs, residents of the Silwan neighborhood in east Jerusalem, were lightly wounded and were evacuated to the Hadassah Mount Scopus Hospital in the capital.

The shooter was arrested near Dung Gate and told his investigators that he had fired at the two – a 40-year-old man and a 13-year-old boy – after feeling threatened.

The incident took place shortly after 6 pm. The Jew, in his 20s, claimed during his interrogation that he had been attacked by six people and had opened fire at them using a rifle in his possession. He said he had felt threatened by the fact that Arabs were standing next to him.

Following the incident, Silwan residents began hurling stones at police forces dispatched to the area and at Jews' houses. An Arab man was lightly injured by a stone and was also evacuated to the Hadassah Hospital. The stone throwing stopped shortly afterwards and order was restored."

[Violet_Crumble]

7. And how isn't this terrorism? n/t

[LeftishBrit]

8. It is..

[Alamuti Lotus]

9. fun little game of Bad Cop / Crazy Cop

Settler goons provoke violent event, Israeli military comes in to attack Palestinians defending themselves from aforementioned goons. Nice tactic.

[invictus]

10. +1