Extremist and Settler Violence Against Palestinian Civilians

On 4 Dec. 2014 two settlers were driving near Wadi a-Nasara checkpoint when a Palestinian youth threw stones at them. They got out of the car and attempted pursuit. Footage by a B’Tselem camera volunteer shows that when the pursuit proved unsuccessful, they vandalized nearby Palestinian property. Police and soldiers who arrived at the scene did not detain the two and allowed them to leave unhindered. This incident is part of the reality of live in Hebron, with the military and the police standing by as settlers take the law into their own hands.

Media

Extremist Jews desecrate Christian cemetery near Jerusalem, Jan 2016
Radical Israeli Rabbis Come Under Fire Amid Settler Violence, Jan 2016
Palestinian Workers Completely Removed from Gush Etzion Settlement, Jan 2016
Video Shows Jewish Radicals Celebrating Wedding by Stabbing Photo of Dawabsheh Baby, Dec 2015
Video: Israeli settlers blast “Muhammad is dead” song at Palestinians, Dec 2015
Jewish Extremists’ Leader: Christians Are ‘Blood Sucking Vampires’ Who Should Be Expelled From Israel, Dec 2015
Ya’alon backs Shin Bet against ‘Jewish terror’, Dec 2015
Israel court says book on killing non-Jews not incitement, Dec 2015
Serious development reported in major Jewish terrorism case, Nov 2015
Palestinians in Israel fear Jewish extremists, Nov 2015
Video: Death-chanting Israeli mob rejoices as Palestinian teen is executed, Oct 2015
Palestinian Attacks Fueled by Settler Violence, Senior Israeli Commander Says, Oct 2015
Hebron activist showed Israel’s crimes to the world, Oct 2015
Israeli Terrorists, Born in the U.S.A., Sept 2015
After Arson Murders, West Bank Village Waits in Vain for Justice, Sept 2015
Wipe Out the Jewish Terrorist Nest? Nah, We Can’t Reveal Our Sources, Sept 2015
Two Israelis charged with torching Beduin tent in suspected ‘Price Tag’ incident, Sept 2015
“Jewish extremists” are Israel’s own sons, Aug 2015
Years of settler terrorism against Palestinian civilians: Who is Meir Ettinger, the Shin Bet’s No.1 alleged Jewish nationalist?, Aug 2015
Suspected Jewish extremists set Palestinian Bedouin family’s tent afire, Aug 2015
Arson Suspect in Galilee Church Torching Charged With Sedition, Aug 2015
Father of Palestinian Toddler Killed in West Bank Arson Attack Dies in Hospital, Aug 2015
Palestinian child killed in West Bank firebomb attack, July 2015
The Month in Pictures: January 2015, Electronic Intifada, 5 February 2015: Reports on a range of anti-Palestinian violence by settlers in Jan 2015
Mohammed Abu Khdeir murder: Three Israeli Jews admit kidnapping teenager and burning him to death, July 2014
Top IDF Officer Warns: Settlers’ Radical Fringe Growing, Oct 2009
West Bank settlers use ‘price tag’ tactic to punish Palestinians, Oct 2009
Israel’s religious settlers, Aug 2003: “According to a recent survey of settlers by the Jerusalem-based Harry S Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace, nearly 40% of Israelis in the West Bank and Gaza Strip live there out of a belief in a divinely ordained mission to inhabit the land.”

Breaking the Silence – Israeli military veterans group

Settler violence videos page

B’Tselem- The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories

Resource Pages: Settler Violence and Settler Violence Video Channel
Video documentation: Soldiers escorting Yitzhar settlers on violent rampage, Oct 2015
Between 2000 and 2011, with least 352 incidents of Israeli settler-perpetrated violence against Palestinians, only than 11 percent of cases resulted in an indictment. On the other hand, according to data in the Israeli military courts’ annual report of 2010, the conviction rate for Palestinians in the Israeli military courts is 99.7 percent.
Settlements Cause Mass Departure of Palestinians, Aug 2003

Other Reports

Defense for Children International Palestine (DCIP) – Settler Violence resource page
Occupied Palestine – Settler Violence resource page
Human Rights Watch: Mounting Human Rights Crisis in Hebron Study Finds Unlawful Killings, Collective Punishment, Failure to Protect Civilians, April 2001
Human Rights Watch: Israel: Palestinian Drivers Routinely Abused “Israeli settlers in the West Bank have also created serious problems for Palestinian drivers, setting up their own roadblocks, as well as frequently stoning and shooting at Palestinian cars”, Feb 2001
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan Report by the Secretary-General, see section V. Settler violence, failure to maintain public order and lack of accountability, Aug 2014
Protection of Civilians Weekly Reports, The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Occupied Palestinian Territory, regular weekly or fortnightly reports on violence against civilians from October 2003 to the present.