A Palestinian man was injured tonight during an Israeli settlers’ attack near the village of Burqa, northwest of Nablus, said Ahmad Jibril, the head of the Palestinian Red Crescent Emergency and Ambulance Department in Nablus. He said that Settlers attacked the man with stones and sprayed him directly in face with pepper spray, causing him suffocation and injuries. “Settler violence has long since become part of Palestinians’ daily life under occupation. Israeli security forces enable these actions, which result in Palestinians casualties – injuries and fatalities – as well as damage to land and property. In some cases, they even serve as an armed escort, or even join in the attacks,” said the Israeli Information Center for human rights in occupied territories, B’Tselem. “Investigations, if even opened, are usually closed with no action taken against perpetrators as part of an undeclared policy of leniency. The long-term effect of this violence is the dispossession of Palestinians from increasing parts of th
e West Bank, making it easier for Israel to take over land and resources,” said B’Tselem.
Source: Palestine news & Information Agency – WAFA