Sunday, March 11, 2012

Settlers Attack Palestinian Shepherds, International Activists near Nablus

Palestine News & Info Agency - WAFA 
NABLUS, March 11, 2012 (WAFA) – A group of masked Jewish settlers Sunday attacked a group of Palestinian shepherds along with International solidarity activists in Khirbat Yanun, a village southeast of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, according to an official.

Ghassan Daghlas, in charge of settlements file in the Palestinian Authority in the northern part of the West Bank, told WAFA that a group of masked settlers from the settlements of Givat Ollam and Gidonim accompanied with dogs attacked the shepherds and the activists and threw stones at them.

Yanun is a village located 15 kilometers southeast of Nablus. A number of its residents were forced to leave their houses escaping from the ongoing settlers’ attacks, who aim to seize their land for the benefit of expanding their settlements

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