The army has taken control over the village of Awarta, which lies near the settlement of Itamar, where 5 members of the Fogel family were murdered. According to reports, hundreds of Palestinians have been arrested, some beaten; all young men were forced to give DNA samples; settlers have built an outpost on the village’s land, which is now guarded by the Israeli army
Army roadblock inside Awarta.
Hundreds of Awarta’s 6,000 residents were arrested and questioned. According to locals, the soldiers have taken over four houses in the village and turned them into an improvised interrogation facility. Several of the Palestinians said they were beaten by the soldiers and by their interrogators.
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Note this sentence. It's key for understanding what it's all about beyond the collective punishment issue! Land theft and dispossession: In a couple of years the village is in the hands of the settlers. It's planned ethnic cleansing!
"settlers have built an outpost on the village’s land, which is now guarded by the Israeli army"
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