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Masked settlers beat Palestinian farmers near Nablus
By The Associated Press
Tags: Nablus, West Bank, Settlers

Masked Jewish settlers beat and injured Palestinian farmers in a field near the West Bank city of Nablus on Tuesday, Palestinian witnesses and doctors said.

The settlers sprayed four Palestinians who were planting wheat with pepper gas and then beat them with sticks, the witnesses said. Two were injured, one moderately, and treated at a local hospital, doctors said.

"They parked on the road and we thought they were just hiking but suddenly they put on masks and they sprayed me in my eyes and beat me and I couldn't see who it was," said farmer Hussein Asida, 46. A Palestinian youth, 15, was among those attacked, Asida said.
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The Palestinians said the attackers spoke Hebrew among themselves. Settlers from the nearby illegal outpost of Havat Gilad have attacked Palestinian farmers in the past.

A local Palestinian leader, Omar Shtayeh, said he filed a complaint with
Israeli authorities about Tuesday's incident. The Israeli army and police did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

As part of the renewal of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, Israel has committed to the United States to evacuate several dozen settler outposts, which were set up by Israeli hard-liners in an attempt to prevent Israel from withdrawing from the land the Palestinians want for a future state.

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      1.   Apologies and refuah sheleyma 14:46  |  Nik "Banned" Miller 25/12/07
      2.   This is not news. This is what we expect from thuggish settlers 14:51  |  Natallie Durson 25/12/07
      3.   Hint! 14:59  |  William 25/12/07
      4.   Agree with Nick # 1, punish them, but I would like 15:15  |  The Equalizer 25/12/07
      5.   Not nice who are these people are they Jewish? 15:15  |  richie 25/12/07
      6.   amateur journalism 15:34  |  E 25/12/07
      7.   #1..my Aplogies too..from the territories 15:51  |  meir gush etzion 25/12/07
      8.   so how is this a bad thing? 15:56  |  henry 25/12/07
      9.   Settlers in Masks? 15:59  |  David Shachory 25/12/07
      10.   Masked settlers? 16:05  |  Clearly Seen 25/12/07
      11.   "Settlers" are also appalled by senseless violence 16:23  |  D.C. 25/12/07
      12.   They will be punished...... 16:29  |  Rollin 25/12/07
      13.   "poor" palestinians ? 16:31  |  Afrikaner 25/12/07
      14.   Wheres the proof ??? 16:45  |  Levi 25/12/07
      15.   nik miller 1 16:50  |  realism 25/12/07
      16.   Not my kind of Jews 16:54  |  Yonatan 25/12/07
      17.   Turn the other cheek 16:56  |  Fred Locke 25/12/07
      18.   #2 Durson - why aren`t you in church today 16:57  |  Yonatan 25/12/07
      19.   Jail for vigilantes, no exceptions 17:01  |  Michael 25/12/07
      20.   Hopefully the settlers responsible will be punished severely 17:17  |  Murray of Montreal 25/12/07
      21.   Celebrating ..... 17:42  |  Esther 25/12/07
      22.   Unacceptable behaviour 17:42  |  Edifice 25/12/07
      23.   Those wacky settlers 17:59  |  Jim 25/12/07
      24.   no! no! no! 18:00  |  baba lalou 25/12/07
      25.   Oh yeah , thats great 18:16  |  fred 25/12/07
      26.   #2 18:18  |  alan 25/12/07
      27.   Another made up story 18:27  |  Marv 25/12/07
      28.   if they were masked,they were probally muslims,posing as jews, 18:30  |  terrornator 25/12/07
      29.   to # 1 Nik of Tel Aviv 18:42  |  Steve the Pals. 25/12/07
      30.   "Palestinian witnesses" also saw a flying saucer with IDF logo 18:45  |  Stayin Alive 25/12/07
      31.   More Arab Wish News 18:50  |  Gee 25/12/07
      32.   Prove it first 18:53  |  Gili 25/12/07
      33.   Masked Leftists? 19:01  |  Bertram 25/12/07
      34.   The true face of Zionism 19:05  |  Maki 25/12/07
      35.   Not so fast 19:06  |  Laura J 25/12/07
      36.   What if......... 19:07  |  Techsyn 25/12/07
      37.   For #1 - Nik Miller - Kudos 19:30  |  chet 25/12/07
      38.   The so-called witnesses are often staged for cameras 19:35  |  Marwan مروان خوري 25/12/07
      39.   Nazillie Durson (Second attempt) 19:54  |  Nik "Banned" Miller 25/12/07
      40.   And i found the remains of Jesus yesterday ! 20:02  |  Michael 25/12/07
      41.   how do you know they were jews?? 20:04  |  vik 25/12/07
      42.   More uncorroborated "witness accounts" 20:05  |  Jack 25/12/07
      43.   These Israeli squatters/terrorists need to get out. 20:12  |  POP 25/12/07
      44.   Claim to have been attacked by people they outnumbered 20:16  |  Efox 25/12/07
      45.   Solution 20:19  |  Motti 25/12/07
      46.   And the investigation will show 20:39  |  Mark Lincoln 25/12/07
      47.   IT"S A LIE!! 20:50  |  Yechiel 25/12/07
      48.   # 38 so because I`m not a 21:05  |  Kris 25/12/07
      49.   Pal truth witnesses,relyed by AP and "Haaretz" must be true 22:44  |  Absolute Sweden 25/12/07
      50.   savagery of settlers 22:56  |  yahuda 25/12/07
      51.   The ugly face of Israeli occupation... 23:10  |  Maureen Ann 25/12/07
      52.   story smalls fish,I do not gobble it 23:23  |  trumpeldor 25/12/07
      53.   Reactions 23:25  |  hala 25/12/07
      54.   No proofs 23:43  |  Frank 25/12/07
      55.   the truth 00:18  |  david 26/12/07
      56.   MASKED SETTLERS AND THE KKK 00:50  |  patrick hammel 26/12/07
      57.   Here we go again with another likely hoax. 00:53  |  Chaim 26/12/07
      58.   To Haaretz with copy to Gideon if possible 00:56  |  bytheway 26/12/07
      59.   efox 44 00:56  |  realism 26/12/07
      60.   hey hala 01:05  |  vik 26/12/07
      61.   All jewish settlers (squaters) are terrorists. 01:52  |  John 26/12/07
      62.   Yonatan #16 01:53  |  GABE1 26/12/07
      63.   Israeli Squatters are like the KKK 01:55  |  POP 26/12/07
      64.   Esther #21 01:57  |  Mahmoud 26/12/07
      65.   You can always tell who`s who here 02:38  |  Steve 26/12/07
      66.   #46 - Wow! He can tell the future!! 02:41  |  Steve 26/12/07
      67.   Arrest them 03:21  |  I am a Jew 26/12/07
      68.   re: realism 04:27  |  Efox 26/12/07
      69.   Haaretz, stop censoring pro-Israel posts 04:39  |  Maya 26/12/07
      70.   Not nice, but... 05:18  |  JUdith 26/12/07
      71.   efox 68 06:24  |  realism 26/12/07
      72.   Patrick Hammel 08:35  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 26/12/07
      73.   To 56 Patrick Hammel 11:28  |  Corso 26/12/07