Settlers increasingly impinging on Palestinian lives
Jewish settlers aren't just taking empty space, they're destroying Palestinian property and threatening their lives.
http://latitude.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/06/settlers-increasingly-impinging-on-palestinian-lives/?ref=global
RAMALLAH, West Bank — Last week some inhabitants of the Palestinian village of Burin, near Nablus, set up a small and peaceful protest camp on private land in an attempt to protect the village from encroaching Jewish settlers. On Saturday, the Israeli Army evicted the Palestinians. According to one report, the settlers uprooted nearly 100 olive trees, a 16-year-old Palestinian was wounded, 20 people suffered tear gas inhalation, and a mosque was set on fire.
As I read about these events, which transpired not far from where I live, I was struck by how we Palestinians are no longer able to enjoy the land where we live. In recent years Jewish settlers have taken plenty of unpopulated Palestinian land; now, even our hometowns are unsafe.
And, of course, the scramble for land in the West Bank is not the only way in which settlers have been increasingly impinging on our lives.... READ MORE
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| A Palestinian activist ran from teargas after the Israeli police broke up a protest against Jewish settlers on Feb. 2 in the West Bank village of Burin. Mohamad Torokman/Reuters |
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