IOF troops crack down on marchers, Jewish settlers attack village

September 3, 2011 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

[ 03/09/2011 – 07:53 AM ]

WEST BANK, (PIC)– Armed Jewish settlers attacked in the Palestinian village of Jalud southeast of Nablus city in the West Bank as Israeli soldiers stood guard, Palestinian officials reported.

The assailants stoned homes, made threats, and demanded that locals leave the tiny village, said Ghassan Dughlas, an official tasked with monitoring West Bank settlement activity.

Tensions ran high as fears lingered that settlers would set fire to local olive groves and homes.

Villagers said the settlers attempted to set fire to some of their property and attacked vehicles at the village’s entrance, and added that Israeli soldiers fired tear gas at the locals who responded to the attacks, causing many to suffer breathing difficulty.

Separately, dozens of Palestinians and pro-Palestinian activists from abroad sustained breathing problems after Israeli soldiers fired tear gas at a march in Bil’in near Modi’in Ilit settlement.

Settlers also set ablaze massive areas of olive groves there.

In Ma’sara to the south of Bethlehem, Israeli soldiers used rifle butts and batons to suppress on an anti-settlement march leaving four Palestinians bruised and injured.

One foreign activist was arrested in the crackdown.

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