Mockery of human rights
Tension is continuing to mount in Israel over a string of recent stabbings by Palestinians and an intense crackdown by the Israeli government. Since October 1, at least 58 Palestinians have been shot and killed by Israelis at the scene of attacks or during protests in the West Bank and Gaza. Israeli police say 10 Israelis have been killed in Palestinian stabbings or shootings. Meanwhile, a video has gone viral of a masked Israeli settler armed with a knife attacking Rabbi Arik Ascherman, the co-founder of the group Rabbis for Human Rights. The incident took place after Ascherman tried to film Israeli settlers setting Palestinian olive trees on fire in the West Bank village of Awarta outside of Nablus. For some 13 years, Rabbis for Human Rights has been helping Palestinian farmers to get their olive trees. When they started back in 2002, they were being shot at and threatened. The situation was very violent.
The Israelis took it all away from the Palestinians; their homes, farms, everything. Their cruelty, injustice and selfishness continue to oppress the poor Palestinians while the world watches and does nothing to stop it.
Ted Rudow III, MA
CA, USA
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