In a new act of provocation, a group of extremist Israeli settlers have vandalized passing Palestinian vehicles on a road between the occupied West Bank cities of Nablus and Ramallah, causing damage to the cars.
Faraan: Palestine’s official Wafa news agency, quoting local sources, reported on Sunday that the settlers hurled stones at the cars near a section of the road close to the village of Burin in Nablus.
Ghassan Daghlas, an official who monitors Israeli violations in the area, said that settlers from the nearby notorious settlement of Yitzhar were responsible for the latest ambush and assault.
Separately, Palestinian media said Israeli settlers entered the village of Shufa to the southeast of the occupied West Bank city of Tulkarm to destroy crops and seize agricultural equipment.
Tahseen Hamed, a Palestinian farmer, said settlers from the illegal settlement of Avni Hefetz broke into his warehouse, seized agricultural equipment, poured an unknown substance into irrigation well and punctured the water tanks that he uses to irrigate crops.
The armed settlers frequently prevent Palestinians from grazing livestock and force them to leave at gunpoint in the area.
Violence and vandalism by Israeli settlers are commonplace in the occupied West Bank, and is never prosecuted by the occupation authorities.
Attacks by settlers against Palestinians particularly intensified during the last few months, with Israeli occupation army turning a blind eye to the violence spree and providing the settlers with protection.
Various attacks on Palestinian property, including arson and graffiti, have become a daily occurrence throughout the Occupied Territories, particularly in the West Bank.
However, Israeli authorities rarely prosecute the Israeli settler assaults on Palestinians and their property, and the vast majority of the files are closed due to deliberate police failure to investigate properly.
Israeli settlers have noticeably escalated attacks against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank in recent months.
