A history of violence in Qusra: Not 'clashes,' but 'pogroms'
By Yesh Din, written by Yossi Gurvitz
IDF soldiers and settlers enter the land of Qusra, 23.2.2012
A group of settlers coming from the direction of one of the most notorious outposts, Esh Kodesh,
raided the Palestinian village of Qusra
yesterday (Saturday). Some six Palestinians were wounded. The Israeli
media reported a “clash” in the village. There wasn’t one.
A clash is what happens when two sides of more-or-less equal strength
face off with one another. What took place in Qusra is much more
similar to the Czarist period and to the American South before the
passage of the civil rights laws: a group of bullies attacking a
persecuted minority, and then received the protection of law enforcement
forces.
Settlers attack Palestinians in Qusra as IDF soldiers stand by
Look at the pictures, taken yesterday: settlers and soldiers firing
together at the residents of Qusra, while the latter stand on their
lands. The regular Israel, whose media makes an effort not to report
what goes on in the West Bank – more on this below – will automatically
excuse it by saying the army has to put down “disturbances of order.”
Okay. So what were the settlers doing there?
A
settler (far on the right) pointing a gun to Palestinians at the
plantations of Qusra village
Qusra is a target of particularly wild attacks from settlers to the point where Yesh Din
sent an urgent letter
to the commander of the Judea and Samaria Division and the commander of
the Police District of Samaria and Judea (‘SHAI’) two months ago,
demanding they protect the residents from the settlers. We have dozens
of complaints by Qusra residents about attacks by settlers. At this
point, as far as we know, not a single raider was indicted.
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