Watch: “The settler-zombie” roaming West Bank roads

By Ami Kaufman July 3, 2011 | Edit

+972 Magazine has received rare footage of the so-called “settler-zombie” known to roam West Bank roads in pursuit of Palestinians, peace activists or other creatures who convey certain amounts of godlessness.

The “settler-zombie”, until today considered an urban legend of sorts, is comparable to “Big Foot”, “Golem” or the Loch Ness monster “Nessie”. Eye witnesses in recent years have told of a large man who screeches so high that Mariah Carey has been known to shudder. According to most accounts, the “settler-zombie” also tires out quite quickly, most probably due to a bad diet and lack of exercise.

The creature in the footage below, harassing a left winger at Susiya junction in the West Bank, seems to fit the description.

h/t Dimi Reider

Ami Kaufman was chief night editor for Haaretz, for the prominent Israeli financial daily Calcalist, and correspondent on Israeli affairs for 93.6 RAM FM, a joint Palestinian-Israel radio station. His interest in food and cooking led to culinary studies at the "Israeli CIA" (Tadmor, Herzliya) and a brief stint in the restaurant business. Born in Tel Aviv, Ami lives in Bat Yam with his wife and two daughters. In his spare time he blogs at Half & Half.

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