SALFIT, Israeli settlers attacked today a Palestinian farmer and his family in the town of Kafr ad-Dik to the west of Salfit, according to local sources.
Sources said several settlers attacked a farmer and his family with stones while they were present inside their privately-owned agricultural room in the northern part of the town of Kafr ad-Dik. The man was identified as Najeh Harb. The family was not physically injured in the attack.
Israeli settlers’ vandalism in the occupied West Bank is routine and is done with full backing by the Israeli authorities, said the Israeli human rights group B’Tselem.
“Settler violence and vandalism take place with full backing by the Israeli authorities. Sometimes soldiers take part in the assault; at other times, they stand idly by. The police make no substantial effort to investigate the incidents, nor takes measures to prevent them or stop them in real-time,” it said.
Israel benefits from the repercussions, as settler violence has gradually dispossessed Palestinians of more and more areas in the West Bank, paving the way for a state takeover of land and resources, said B’Tselem.
Source: Palestine News & Info Agency