IDF serves as security entourage for masked settlers throwing stones at a Palestinian school; fires - Polidicks

[url]http://www.btselem.org/press_releases/20140108_settler_attack_in_urif[/url] [quote]On the morning of Monday 6 January 2014, a group of masked settlers, coming from the direction of the settlement of Yitzhar, arrived at the village of ‘Urif, near Nablus. [B]They reached the eastern outskirts of the village, going to the construction site of a water reservoir being built with USAID funding. The settlers smashed the electricity meter and threw stones at the home of the Safadi family, adjacent to the construction site. They also threw stones at the school, located about 100 meters away. The settlers were accompanied by soldiers as well as by at least one armed settler equipped with a two-way radio, who is apparently one of the settlement’s security guards.[/B] Usama Safadi, a local villager, filmed the incident and gave the footage to B’Tselem. The footage he shot shows settlers throwing stones, while soldiers stand beside them. The soldiers took no measures to arrest the settlers, to remove them from the area, or at the very least to put an end to the stone-throwing.[B] Several students at the school threw stones back at the settlers and the soldiers fired teargas at the students. At that point, the teachers called the students into the school building to keep them away from the confrontation.[/B] The incident lasted approximately 50 minutes, at which point the settlers left, heading in the direction of the settlement of Yitzhar. The footage of the settlers as they head up the hill shows them passing several vehicles parked on the slope: two military jeeps, a white jeep and a pickup truck, probably belonging to the settlement’s security personnel. Two of the settlers who took part in the assault are seen heading over to the security vehicle and one of them is then seen taking a jacket from the back of the pickup truck. Even at this point, there appears to be no attempt by the military to arrest the assailants, or even to learn their identity. Later, five soldiers are seen heading up from the village in the direction of the settlement. ... The filmed record indicates that the military, which is required to defend Palestinians in the West Bank, in actual fact served as a security entourage for violent settlers. During the incident, the military backed the settlers in their assault on Palestinians and their property.[/quote] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WBRO3Q_YGE[/media] Imagine life with an actual personal army at your disposal.

not suprising at all

[QUOTE]threw stones at the school, located about 100 meters away[/QUOTE] Shit they should go into professional sports with an arm like that

Of course they would. They want any reason to exterminate the Palestinians.

I'd like a private military in my name. My PM is better than your PM.

[QUOTE=ScottyWired;43495808]Shit they should go into professional sports with a strong arm like that[/QUOTE] Or become a real-estate agent.

but guys, don't you know Israel is the true victim! :suicide: you never know when those scary Palestinians will start shooting sugar rockets again! :tinfoil:

This is fucking disgusting

Oh wow where have I seen this before? You would think that in modern times other countries with ties to Israel would actually do something to put a stop to this crap.

[QUOTE=Mabus;43496907]Oh wow where have I seen this before? You would think that in modern times other countries with ties to Israel would actually do something to put a stop to this crap.[/QUOTE] Accusations of anti-Semitism and the pressure created by Israel being the only Middle Eastern country which almost kind of maybe supports the West go an awfully long way. Nobody really wants to take the first step.

But it isn't. There's fucking Saudi Arabia and Jordan, two that fucking border it. That's just two, we fucking own the middle east. Guess what other country supports us. Turkey. Oh man.

[QUOTE=Paul McCartney;43497027]But it isn't. There's fucking Saudi Arabia and Jordan, two that fucking border it. That's just two, we fucking own the middle east. Guess what other country supports us. Turkey. Oh man.[/QUOTE] Turkey has human rights problems and protests, as does Saudi Arabia along with its executions of activists. Not sure about Jordan, but yeah. No one wants to strain their relationship with the only semi-stable country in the Middle East. Just like how the U.S. is one of the few countries to never even point out abuses in Saudi Arabia, because they [I]need[/I] them. Or, want them, for a better choice of words. Can't look sensible in the face of sociopaths, lest they turn on you too.