Israeli Settlers Shoot Teenager While Military Watches, Media Calls it 'Clash'
The New Arab reports an Israeli settler shot a Palestinian teenager in the pelvis during an attack on homes in his village. This isn't an anomaly, it's a feature. The Israeli human rights group Yesh Din documented a 91% closure rate on settler violence investigations between 2005 and 2019, meaning perpetrators are rarely held accountable. This effectively greenlights further aggression. We are
told Israel has a right to self-defense, yet somehow, self-defense always seems to involve settlers, often armed, terrorizing Palestinians while the IDF 'secures the area.' One might wonder if 'securing the area' is military-speak for providing cover. How many times must this play out before the 'international community' grasps that 'settler violence' is part of an ongoing dispossession, not some
spontaneous skirmish?