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Wednesday, 15 November 2000
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Settler Violence and Occupation Watch: Report V

November 13th - November 15th, 2000

On November 13:

 

Hafeeza Zaben (aged 75) from the village of Boreen was injured in her head by a group of settlers from Yitzhar settlement. The settlers attacked her and other farmers with stones and sticks while they were working in their fields near the settlement. She was taken to Rafidya hospital. According to medical sources her head bone was broken in two places, and her case is serious. Three more women were injured at the same time, including Fatima Zaben (aged 70) who was also taken to hospital with back injuries. Imad Zaben who was present during the incident said: "We knew that there may be problems, but we were encouraged to go to the field because the Israeli Army in DCO told the Palestinian side that the farmers may gather their olives in this area and there will be no problems. So we were surprised when the soldiers not only came and did nothing to stop the settlers but in

 

fact helped them by forcing us to leave our fields ".

 

In the evening settlers from Halameesh settlement north of Ramallah opened fire on a Palestinian bus driving on the main road on it's way to the village of Dair Abu-Mesha'l. Several bullets entered the bus but no one was injured.

 

Three Palestinian journalists were injured by stones and glass after settlers attacked their car on the za'tera junction while they were returning home after a days' work in Jerusalem. The injured journalists are Naser Ishteyya- an Associated Press reporter, Abed-Raheem Goseeni - a Reuters reporter and journalist Sameer Bazbaz. All three were taken to Rafidya Hospital in Nablus.

 

Parts of the Stones Factories in Mesiha village were destroyed by settlers from Qana settlement. These factories have not been functioning since the beginning of the current events because they are located in a closed area according to Army orders.

 

On November 14:

 

Settlers, escorted by several army jeeps, attacked the village of Kharis near the Ariel settlement. They threw stones on the eastern houses and when the villagers called them to leave, they responded by opening fire on the village. The settlers later moved on to attack and terrorize the adjacent village of Dir Astia.

 

Settlers have descended from the Giv'at Harsina area of Qiryat-Arba four times during the night between November 14 and 15 and attacked the property of Abdul Jawad Jabbar, an elderly man, destroying thousands of Shekels' worth of irrigation pipes, and terrorizing at the same time families living in the area.

 

Mustafa E'layyan (aged 50) from Askar (Nablus) was killed when a stone was thrown at him by settlers while he was returning home in his car. Four of his sons were injured.

 

More olive trees have been uprooted in Kofur Kallel (Nablus) by settlers from the settlement of Brakha.

 

On November 15:

 

At 3AM Settlers threw a Molotov cocktail at Daoud 'Alayyan's house in Beit Safafa (Jerusalem area). The bottle entered a room in house, causing a fire and destroying furniture. This is not the first time that the house has been under settler attacks; last week three settlers stopped their car outside the house and threw two Molotov cocktails at it.

 

About one hundred olive trees were uprooted in the village of Dair Netham (Ramallah area) by settlers from Halameesh settlement.

 

During an attack by settlers, Ya'qoub Abed-Allateef Arabasi from the village of Jamma'een (Nablus) was injured in his head when a stone was thrown at him. He was taken to Rafeedya Hospital in Nablus.

 

Settlers from Shekadeem settlement in the north of the West Bank opened fire on Palestinians from the village of Toura. One villager was injured in his shoulder.

 

Fawzee Abed-al'Azeez (aged 40) was injured when a stone hit his face and was taken to hospital, after eight settlers attacked him and his wife Muyassar while they were working on their land.



 
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