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Monday, October 25, 2021
Footage shows alleged settler attack on rights activists
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleRabbis for Human Rights, a left-wing human rights group, says its activists were attacked by settlers while helping Palestinians harvest olives near the West Bank village of Awarta.
The group says attackers came on foot and on ATVs.
Footage published by the group shows a man shouting profanities and threats at the activists, ordering them to leave and stop filming him.
At one point he is seen — unprovoked — spraying a substance identified as pepper spray by Rabbis for Human Rights, which says one worker required medical attention.
היום פעילי רבנים לזכויות אדם הותקפו על ידי מתנחלים מההתנחלות איתמר, בשעה שסייעו במסיק בזיתים לחקלאים הפלסטינים בכפר עווארתה בשטחים הכבושים
התוקפים הגיעו ברגל ועל גבי טרקטורונים, וריססו בגז פלפל את המתנדבים. מהתקיפה נפגע אחד מעובדי הארגון, שנזקק לטיפול רפואי. pic.twitter.com/DoUtFat9aM
— Yanal Jabarin ينال جبارين | ינאל ג׳בארין (@JbareenYanal) October 25, 2021
IDF soldiers are seen observing the incident closely, at one point placing themselves between the settlers and the activists, but not taking further immediate action.
Avi Dabush, head of Rabbis for Human Rights, alleges that such attacks are committed almost daily by “Jewish terror activists,” calling for government action to stop them.
The Times of Israel Community.