Settlers filmed assaulting Peace Now director during West Bank tour

Nurit Yohanan is The Times of Israel's Palestinian and Arab world correspondent

In footage published by Peace Now, the group’s director general, Lior Amihai, is seen being assaulted by settlers in the Jordan Valley while holding a tour for activists in The Democrats party.

The footage shows two settlers hitting him and pushing him against the side of a vehicle. One of them asks, “Why did you bring Arabs here?” He then turns to one of the participants in the tour and says, “He is an Arab, he can’t be here.”

According to Peace Now, Hagmar soliders — a reserve unit composed of settlers living in the area — arrived afterward and dispersed the gathering without arresting the settlers involved.

The IDF has not issued any comment on the incident.

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