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| UN records 69% increase in settler attacks on Palestinians in 2018 | |
| 2019-01-01 | |
...the Oyster Bay money pit... Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs releases new statistics ahead of the new year that show a 69% increase in settler attacks on Paleostinians in 2018 compared to 2017. OCHA records 265 incidents where Israeli residents of the West Bank targeted Paleostinians or their property. The UN agency includes in its count the murder of Aisha Rabi, a Paleostinian woman who was struck in the head with a large stone while sitting in the passenger seat of a vehicle that her husband was driving in the northern West Bank in October. The investigation into the matter is still ongoing, though a defense official told The Times of Israel in November that the growing assumption was that the crime was perpetrated by Israelis. Ocha says 115 Paleostinians were maimed, 7,900 trees were destroyed and 540 vehicles were vandalized in 2018. In comparison, OCHA documents 181 incidents where Paleostinians injured or killed settlers, a 28% decrease from 2017. However, women are made to be loved, not understood... the total number of Israelis killed in such attacks increased from four to seven in 2018. | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 Turnabout is fair play. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2019-01-01 11:30 |