Photo: A general view of Har Homa settlement, built on the land of West Bank city of Bethlehem, and considered by Israel to be part of "Greater Jerusalem", 29 November 2006. (MaanImages/Magnus Johansson)Please click for clarity.
The Israeli human rights organization B'Tselem calls on Israeli authorities not to make the settler, Yifat Alkoby a scapegoat for law enforcement failures in the West Bank . Alkoby was summoned for questioning following the extensive airing of a B'Tselem video in which she is seen assaulting and swearing at women and girls from the Abu-'Ayesha family, in Tel Rumeida, Hebron. The incident, as grave as it is, is only the tip of the iceberg of the daily violence committed by Hebron settlers, against their Palestinian neighbors, under the protection of the army. (Please continue.)
http://www.btselem.org/english/Press_Releases/20070111.asp
Background on settler violence
http://www.btselem.org/english/Settler_Violence
Settlers prevent olive harvest in Hebron
http://www.btselem.org/english/Video/20061026_Settlers_prevent_olive_harvest_in_Hebron.asp Please also see:
B'Tselem: 4000 Palestinians killed since 2000
http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/070113/2007011318.html
Palestine 2007: Genocide in Gaza, Ethnic Cleansing in the West Bank (photo source)
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article6374.shtml
Breaking the Law in the West Bank - The Private Land Report - Nov. 2006
http://www.peacenow.org.il/site/en/peace.asp?pi=61&fld=191&docid=2024
“The Great Land Robbery”
http://www.peacenow.org.il/data/SIP_STORAGE/files/4/2624.ppt
Interior Ministry: West Bank settler population grew by 6% in 2006
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/811480.html
Olmert 'ashamed' at video of settler insulting Palestinian
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070114/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictsettler_070114193542
Israel doubts on settlements legality
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/middle_east/6181119.stm
Rights group: Soldiers obligated to prevent abuse of Palestinians
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/813228.html
Rice Talks Peace, Israel Builds Settlements
http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1168265611390&pagename=Zone-English-News/NWELayout
http://www.btselem.org/english/Press_Releases/20070111.asp
Background on settler violence
http://www.btselem.org/english/Settler_Violence
Settlers prevent olive harvest in Hebron
http://www.btselem.org/english/Video/20061026_Settlers_prevent_olive_harvest_in_Hebron.asp Please also see:
B'Tselem: 4000 Palestinians killed since 2000
http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/070113/2007011318.html
Palestine 2007: Genocide in Gaza, Ethnic Cleansing in the West Bank (photo source)
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article6374.shtml
Breaking the Law in the West Bank - The Private Land Report - Nov. 2006
http://www.peacenow.org.il/site/en/peace.asp?pi=61&fld=191&docid=2024
“The Great Land Robbery”
http://www.peacenow.org.il/data/SIP_STORAGE/files/4/2624.ppt
Interior Ministry: West Bank settler population grew by 6% in 2006
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/811480.html
Olmert 'ashamed' at video of settler insulting Palestinian
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070114/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictsettler_070114193542
Israel doubts on settlements legality
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/middle_east/6181119.stm
Rights group: Soldiers obligated to prevent abuse of Palestinians
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/813228.html
Rice Talks Peace, Israel Builds Settlements
http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1168265611390&pagename=Zone-English-News/NWELayout