Israeli settlers storm West Bank village, setting cars and homes ablaze | CNN
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The attack by hundreds of armed Israeli settlers on Friday left at least one person dead according to local officials, and was one of the largest such attacks this year, according to Palestinian officials.

It’s estimated that between 1,000 and 1,200 settlers surrounded the village, and around 500 stormed it just after midday local time on Friday, blocking all the roads in the area.

According to Abu-Alia [head of the village council], the Israeli military arrived at the scene at around 3 p.m. local time, but did not stop the settlers from attacking the village. Instead, Israeli soldiers allowed them to raid homes, prevented Palestinian residents from moving around and blocked ambulances from reaching the injured, he alleged.

Israeli security forces had informed Palestinian officials that the settlers were looking for an Israeli teenager who had gone missing earlier in the day.

  • @Burn_The_RightEnglish
    34•8 months ago

    This year I learned that Israelis are inhumane genocidal monsters and should be treated as such.

    • @assassin_aragornEnglish
      14•8 months ago

      The settlers, yes. Generic Israelis, no. The settlers have all but shed their “innocent civilian” status. But there are legitimately a lot of innocent civilians still that are not the enemy.

      The IDF and settlers are absolutely genocidal monsters that should be treated as terrorists and dealt with accordingly though, I totally agree.

      • @gmtomEnglish
        11•8 months ago

        Okay, now bring up stats for what percentage of Israelis support zionism.

        • @FordBeeblebroxEnglish
          10•8 months ago

          Let’s see how many good apples are speaking out against the bad ones

        • @orrkEnglish
          2•8 months ago

          not all israeli?

      • @[email protected]English
        11•8 months ago

        Generic Israelis are largely in full support of this. The settler terror has been going on for decades. It was continued by every Israeli government. It doesn’t matter if Likud and other fascists, or centre or centre-left. Every Israeli government in the past 30 years was voted to continue this.

        The Israeli people as a whole bear full responsibility for this. As is always pointed out, Israel is “the only democracy in the Middle East”. If that is true, then the majority of voting aged Israeli citizens is fully responsible for the settler terrorism.

        Only those that speak out against it showed that they do not want to be complicit in this. And these are the Israeli people belittled, systematically silenced and accused of being “antisemitic” in western countries. They deserve our full support and highest respect.

    • FenrirIIIEnglish
      10•8 months ago

      Not all of them, but the IDF and government are abominable.

    • @kaffieneEnglish
      3•8 months ago

      Generalisations are dangerous.

        • @kaffieneEnglish
          3•8 months ago

          No one is arguing otherwise but enjoy pummeling that strawman

          • @orrkEnglish
            1•8 months ago

            the genocide of calling a genocide, a genocide?

            • @kaffieneEnglish
              0•8 months ago

              What the actual fuck?

              • @orrkEnglish
                0•8 months ago

                oh, ya just got an editorial note that I’m not to use the words “genocide” “ethnic cleansing” and “occupied territory” in relation to a certain state in the Middle East

                • @kaffieneEnglish
                  0•8 months ago

                  I hope you’ve enjoyed talking to yourself

                  • @orrkEnglish
                    0•8 months ago

                    wooosh

        • @BelastendEnglish
          0•8 months ago

          Generalizations are what leads to genocide.