Falling through the Looking Glass in Hebron by K.L. is a first-hand account of an attack perpetrated by masked settlers upon Palestinians and the International peace keepers staying with them. This terrorist raid in the small village of Qawawis is not an isolated incident and the Israeli army and gov’t response to them go beyond inadequate.
Aron reacts to the article here.
Reports of brutality at the hands of these masked gunmen have been on the rise in recent months “as extremist Israeli settlers vow to commit acts of “unprecedented violence” to thwart Israel’s planned “disengagement” from the Gaza Strip.”
“We urge the international community to intervene immediately to stop this unprovoked and unjustified aggression against our civilians,” said Ahmed Subh, deputy minister of information in the PA.
In an interview with Al-Ahram Weekly, Subh accused the Israeli government and army of “turning a blind eye” to the “daily pogroms and acts of savagery” by “Israeli settler hoodlums” against unprotected Palestinian civilians, mainly in the Palestinian countryside.
“Does anybody in the world believe the mighty Israeli army can’t rein in these criminals who terrorise and attack schoolchildren and old women? It is not a matter of inability. It is a matter of unwillingness, if not outright complicity. Inaction by the Israeli government in this respect implies acquiescence,” Subh remarked.
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This image is so horrifying. I read through all of your links, only ending up in tears.
Such darkness scarring the lives of everyone it visits! I keep wondering what possible difference I can make in a conflict so far away. I have the movie ‘Gaza Strip’ that I received some time ago, but haven’t been able to bring myself to watch it yet. I will link to electronic-intifada, and try and educate myself about who we can pressure to change this desperate hellish conflict. It’s the children, forced to endure this nightmare, that to me is the greatest crime.
hi michael–another site you might take a look at is annadwa: http://www.annadwa.org/
I think you’d really appreciate their approach to this nightmare. Mitri Raheb’s book is also very enlightening.