Hebron Settlers behaving badly on CNNI and ABC

For many years the Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza have been subjected to vile harassment by settlers who are protected by Israel soldiers. Nowhere is the issue more visible than in Hebron/Khalil. Several years ago a few former Israeli army soldiers created the organization Breaking the Silence as a way of exposing the reality of what they are faced with and how the occupation has corrupted them and their behavior.

Their first exhibition was called “Breaking the Silence- Fighters Tell about Hebron”.

And the settlers are often more abusive and vicious than the soldiers. The abuse captured in the current footage would probably not make the exhibition. It is comparatively mild. The resulting investigtion ordered by Peretz is likely more of a PR move than a serious concern. Still, it is unusual to see on US television.

From CNN International

Mr Wederman just cannot call a settlement a settlement. He refers to it as a “Jewish enclave” amidst thousands of Palestinians. It is a little awkward then when he refers to the Jewish residents of this “enclave” as settlers. This is because all Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, which includes East Jerusalem, are illegal.

ABC News Now: Worldview see the video here