Sarah McDonald: Settlements, attacks drive out Palestinians

Sarah McDonald, gazetteonline, 13 December 2009

On Nov. 17, my colleague and I were physically attacked by five Israeli settlers in the West Bank while escorting home a Palestinian family with three young children. The five settlers circled us, then shoved the Palestinian father as he clutched his baby in his arms. They terrified the 3-year-old stumbling after his parents.

My Italian colleague and I, volunteers with Christian Peacemaker Teams, intervened and videotaped the settlers’ aggression until the five men knocked us to the ground, dragging and kicking us, before stealing our cameras.

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