[Peace-discuss] B'Tselem: Don't make one Hebron settler into the scapegoat

[David Green]

11 Jan. 07: B'Tselem: Don't make one Hebron settler into the scapegoat

The Israeli human rights organization B'Tselem calls on Israeli 
authorities not to make the settler, Yifat Alkoby a scapegoat for law 
enforcement failures in the West Bank . Alkoby was summoned for 
questioning following the extensive airing of a B'Tselem video in 
which she is seen assaulting and swearing at women and girls from the 
Abu-'Ayesha family, in Tel Rumeida, Hebron. The incident, as grave as 
it is, is only the tip of the iceberg of the daily violence committed 
by Hebron settlers, against their Palestinian neighbors, under the 
protection of the army.

The attacks in Hebron are carried out in full view of Israeli 
soldiers, who are unable or unwilling to stop them. The Hebron 
police, who have received hundreds of complaints about settler 
violence, are also well aware of the situation. The fact that the 
Defense Minister and the security establishment feign ignorance and 
mobilize to respond to the problem only following the public 
controversy generated by this video is outrageous.

The widespread settler violence in Hebron is not the result of a 
specific failure of one kind or another, but is the consequence of a 
consistent and longstanding Israeli policy to ignore harm to 
Palestinians, which is aimed at encouraging them to abandon parts of 
the city.

http://www.btselem. org/english/ Press_Releases/ 20070111. asp


 	
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