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WATCH: Settlers hurl burning tires, boulders at Palestinians
Hundreds of settlers launch dozens of attacks against Palestinians across the West Bank, in the wake of two Palestinian attacks that left four Israelis dead. Rights groups demand the army intervene to protect Palestinians from settler violence. Israeli settlers carried out dozens of violent attacks across the West Bank over the past two days in…
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Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
October 4, 2015
Why does Netanyahu think he can stop rock throwing?
If live ammunition hasn’t stopped stone throwing in the West Bank, what makes the prime minister think it will work in Jerusalem? The one thing we can be sure the change in policy will do is kill more Palestinians. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants security forces to start shooting Palestinian stone throwers. During the…
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Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
September 20, 2015
Throwing stones, starting fires: Shaked’s first bill as justice minister
A draft law sponsored by Ayelet Shaked would dramatically lower the bar for convicting Palestinians in Jerusalem for throwing stones, and set a penalty of 10 years in prison. The law’s application to West Bank settlers is unlikely. A key government committee on Sunday passed a bill that would make it much easier to convict…
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Natasha Roth-Rowland
June 1, 2015
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When the stones fly the wrong way
Settlers threw a stone, and then another one, at a Palestinian’s head. Then they killed his sheep. The chances they will be indicted for attempted murder are slim. By Yesh Din, written by Yossi Gurvitz At the beginning of March, K., a Palestinian resident of the village of Al Mughayer, took his herd to pasture.…
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April 3, 2013
WATCH: Settlers shoot Palestinian in head while soldiers stand by
A 24 year-old Palestinian was hit in the head from a live round of bullets Saturday in the village of Asira al-Qibliya. B’Tselem footage of the event shows the settlers shooting at the young man, and Israeli soldiers standing by them – doing nothing to prevent it. According to B’Tselem, the incident started at around…
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Haggai Matar
May 20, 2012
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