Settlers Stone Palestinian School
They also reportedly destroyed more than 300 olive trees and threw stones at numerous other structures in several other Palestinian villages along with leaving "price tag" graffiti nearby. Palestinians also hurled stones, both at settler and at police and security forces.
File photo: "Price Tag" spray painted on an Arab house
Ynet reports:
Settlers hurled stones at a Palestinian school near Nablus on Saturday. The school in the village of Urif was empty at the time and no injuries were reported but damage was caused to the building. Security forces that were called to the scene dispersed the settlers but were then pelted with stones by Palestinians. They resorted to crowd-dispersal means.
A councilman from Urif pointed a finger at the residents of the settlement of Yitzhar. He claimed they hurled stones at a tractor near the school and broke a window.
Several violent clashes between settlers and Palestinians in the area were recorded over the weekend.…
Rassan Diglas, a West Bank official, reported of clashes in the village of Qusra, south of Hebron. He claimed the clashes broke out when settlers turned up at agricultural land in the village. Also Saturday, security forces dispersed dozens of Palestinians who hurled stones at the Esh Kodesh [settler] outpost.
The past week has seen a sharp rise in the number of West Bank clashes. Settlers reported…nearly 200 incidents where stones and firebombs were hurled and of firing and placement of explosives by Palestinians. The Palestinians on their part complained of numerous cases of stone throwing [by settlers and] …a Palestinian farmer from south Mount Hebron complained of the destruction of 300 of his olive trees. Price tag slogans were found spray-painted nearby. Police launched an investigation.
Price tag incidents were also reported in Urif and the village of Sinjil last week. Palestinians claimed that settlers hurled stones at a single house on the edge of Hawara and caused its windows to shatter.
The IDF is preparing for the possibility of increasing riots ahead of the Palestinian request for a status upgrade at the UN on Thursday. …
Better than having rockets entering ones school.
Posted by: NeverAgain | November 24, 2012 at 07:33 PM
"Better than having rockets entering ones school."
Posted by: NeverAgain | November 24, 2012 at 07:33 PM
You can say that again -- thanks to President Obama and the largesse of the American people -- Iron Dome batteries can be deployed everywhere.
Posted by: Nigritude Ultramarine | November 24, 2012 at 09:41 PM
NU, what the fuck? Terrorist attacks against schools and farmers' crops do not prevent terrorist attacks. THEY ARE terrorist attacks and deserve to be treated appropriately.
Posted by: A. Nuran | November 24, 2012 at 10:56 PM
"Terrorist attacks against schools and farmers' crops do not prevent terrorist attacks."
I agree -- I'm against Jewish terror in the West Bank. I maintain Jewish settlements in the West Bank are also a provocation.
Posted by: Nigritude Ultramarine | November 25, 2012 at 08:26 PM