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Friday, March 18, 2011

Settlers attack Palestinian taxi driver

Maan News Agency - A Palestinian taxi driver said a group of settlers attacked his car on Friday in Salfit in the northern West Bank.

Fathallah Issa Bozeh, 45, told Ma'an that settlers threw rocks at his taxi and smashed the windscreen at Za'tara junction.

Bozeh said he informed Israeli forces at a nearby checkpoint and they told him to leave the area.

The attack comes amid an escalation in violent attacks by settlers against Palestinians in the northern West Bank. Several settler groups have vowed revenge for the murder of five Israelis in Itamar settlement.

Israeli officials have blamed Palestinians for the killings, but no suspects have been identified and no factions have claimed responsibility...
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