Sunday, March 15, 2009

Cruelty of the Jewish Settlers

Most of the time, you will hear that Palestinians and Arabs in general are being racist Jews and are violent with them. And this is a very hard stereotype to break in the West because of their one-sided media coverage. However, the very opposite is true.
The Jewish settlers that live in the West Bank are the cruel and racist ones, not the poor Palestinians. And this is what the world has to see. For example, in this photo, a group of Jewish settlers had fired a crude rocket into this Palestinian family's home, after the Gaza cease-fire had been set in place. The world knows nothing about it, because these settlers are not convicted and are not tried. They are probably detained by the police for about a week or less, and then are set free, to do whatever they want.
This example is one of the many that goes on in the West Bank. Palestinian families that live close by to settlements are subject to house raids, and harrasment that never ends. One example of this treachery is Noor's story. Jewish settlers broke into her house and beat her children until they are unconscious. After that they destroy her belongings: dishes, television sets, furniture. Then they leave, which is something lucky. Many times, the Palestinian family living in that house is kicked out of their home and the Jewish Settlers occupy it. How can anyone, and the state of Israel, justify these horrors.
Palestinians don't have any protection and are in constant fear of these raids. Military law is enforced on them, however for the settlers, it is Israeli civil law. A Palestinian can be detained for about 250 days without a trial or a reason for imprisonment. A Jewish settler can only be detained for 8 days. This is absolute discrimination, yet the United States supports the state of Israel because it is "a democracy, and recognizes human rights". It's a mockery, and I can't help but feel sorry for the Israeli government because it knows what its doing but chooses to lie to itself.
I found two videos on youtube that demonstrate the violence and treachery of these Jewish settlers. The first one is of a Palestinian woman in Hebron being harrased by a Jewish settler, here this is the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2AaDg7-zD0
The next one is of a British film crew trying to shoot a documentary of a Palestinian family but is interrupted and harrased by two young Jewish settlers saying: Get out, this is our land, (a lot of swearing.)
WARNING: this video includes offensive material.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSAvaYY-y7Q

2 comments:

  1. hmmm, am i surprised? i guess not.
    I'm starting to wonder if ANYTHING the isreali's do will suprise me anymore.
    disghust,however, is a diferent story.

    You know, I'm beggining to think if they even consider the poor palestinians as PEOPLE.Living, breathing , people. from the way they are being treated; i guess not again.

    It's depressing, and i'm not even there.

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  2. Wow.
    As usual--absolutely appalling. How is it even possible that events like these can go on, unnoticed? Wow...Just wow to that second video, especially. How dare anybody even have the nerve to say something like that! Wow. I am just speechless!

    I definately think you making this blog is a big step in the right direction; you are raising awareness of issues that are often ignored. You should even get some pro-Israelis and such on here and see what they have to say. You could get some pretty heated discussions, and maybe even change some stubborn minds! It's a great idea!

    --Lulu
    7ayati.puresnowz.com

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