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B'Tselem: Settlers caught attacking farmers on video By Yuval Azoulay and Nadav Shragai Human rights group B'Tselem released a video on Friday which it says shows the beginning of an assault by masked, stick-wielding Israeli settlers on Palestinian farmers. The footage shows four people holding sticks approaching the farmers near the settlement of Susya outside Hebron in the West Bank. One strikes a blow before the camera falls. Advertisement The police are investigating the reports of an incident near Susya, but police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said no arrests have been made. Palestinian farmer Imran al-Nawajah, 31, told Reuters that he and his aunt and uncle, aged 58 and 60, were tending their sheep last week when two settlers told them to leave. "They said we had 10 minutes to leave but I responded by saying 'This is my land. I'm here to plant trees and feed my sheep,'" Nawajah said. The two settlers then returned, this time masked, with others and attacked the family, he said: "They came toward me and they hit me on my head. I fell and they started beating me. They started beating all of us." Nawajah said he and his uncle were taken to the hospital in Hebron while his aunt, who suffered a broken cheekbone and a gashed arm, was treated at an Israeli hospital. Police said they are also investigating whether the footage was staged by local Palestinians. "As long as we have no indictment we are not ruling anything out," a police officer said. B'Tselem spokeswoman Sarit Michaeli says she is sure the attackers were settlers. Meanwhile, two rightists were arrested near the ruins of the evacuated settlement of Homesh in the West Bank for allegedly opening fire on a Palestinian in order to intimidate him. The Palestinian was not wounded in the incident, in which both suspects deny involvement. Bookmark to del.icio.us   Snoop Dogg in Israel American rapper Snoop Dogg slated to perform in Ramat Gan. Late date Scientists revive 2,000-year-old date seed found at Masada.

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