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Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Settlers attack a Palestinian man near Nablus

IMEMC
Palestinian medical sources reported that a group of Israeli settlers attacked, on Tuesday morning, a 45-year-old man from Awarta village, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus.

Video of previous attack:



The sources identified the man as Yousef Obeidat. He was moved to Rafidia Hospital suffering from neck wounds and bruises.

The settlers are from the Shilo illegal settlements near Nablus.

The attack is one of dozens of recent attacks carried out by the settlers against the Palestinians in the West Bank and in East Jerusalem.

The settlers have escalated their attacks against the Palestinians after the army evacuated an illegal outpost, and as a response to the US Administration’s call on Israel to freeze its settlement activities in the occupied territories.... Full story