‘They shot and fled,’ Palestinians say of settler clash

Iyad Abid, a member of the Biddya Emergency Committee, tells The Times of Israel that the two injured men in West Bank clashes with settlers are Biddya residents Mohannad al-Sadiq and Daoud Salameh (Abu Karim).

“The settlers say that the land is theirs, and they want to take it by force. But it belongs to private individuals in Biddya,” Abid says.

Abid says the town had held a protest against what he said were attempts by settlers to take it over on Friday.

Asked about claims by the Samaria Regional Council spokesperson that there were “100 Arabs” who had attacked Jewish farmers, Abid further claimed that the two injured were the only ones present on their land during the alleged confrontation, and that the rest only arrived after the settlers had fled.

“They shot and fled,” Abid says, referring to the settlers.

— Aaron Boxerman