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Israel Police arrest settlers for assault on Palestinian farmers
By Jonathan Lis, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Hebron, Susya, Palestinians 

The Hebron District Police on Tuesday arrested two Israeli settlers, one of them a minor, on suspicion of attacking Palestinian farmers near the settlement of Susya last week.

The two - both Susya residents - were questioned by police; it is unclear whether they will be further remanded in custody.

Human rights group B'Tselem released a video last week which it said shows the beginning of an assault by masked, stick-wielding Israeli settlers on Palestinian farmers.
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The video above shows two separate alleged attacks. In one, four people holding sticks approach the farmers near the settlement and then beat them. A Palestinian woman in her late 50s was badly wounded in the attack, and her husband and another relative were also battered.

B'Tselem has provided about 100 cameras to Palestinians over the past year in a project called "Shooting Back," which attempts to document rights abuses in the West Bank.

Police said after the attack they were 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 positive the attackers were settlers.

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      1.   Hey??? 12:25  |  Mr. Blonde 17/06/08
      2.   SO did Haaretz pay for the rights from the BBC who were granted 12:38  |  Kol Haam 17/06/08
      3.   #1, We are still here, however you are the idiot! 12:48  |  Johnny 17/06/08
      4.   Still a long way to go in search of justice... 13:06  |  Esther 17/06/08
      5.   When B`Tselem will photograph masked Pals? 13:15  |  Ulf 17/06/08
      6.   mr Blonde 14:19  |  Steve 17/06/08
      7.   Mr Blonde, 14:19  |  Susan 17/06/08
      8.   Re Ulf #5 14:19  |  Esther 17/06/08
      9.   Don`t scream abything, wait for investigation conclusions. 14:25  |  Arthur 17/06/08
      10.   To paraphrase.... 14:36  |  Heinz 17/06/08
      11.   Apologists 14:44  |  Heinz 17/06/08
      12.   Most unusual 14:50  |  Mark Lincoln 17/06/08
      13.   Beating on older people is disgusting 16:27  |  Liquidator 17/06/08
      14.   Beating on older people... 16:45  |  Michael 17/06/08
      15.   If guilty they should be harshly punished 16:50  |  Free Gilad Shalit 17/06/08
      16.   Jews are better than this 16:51  |  utagawa 17/06/08
      17.   It`s in settlers` interest to police themselves 16:57  |  Sam 17/06/08
      18.   Under Leftist pressure, Israeli police round up 2 innocent Jews 17:05  |  leftist justice 17/06/08
      19.   Hate Crime 17:11  |  Harold 17/06/08
      20.   Weak investigation 17:18  |  Harold 17/06/08
      21.   Jews are certainly better than this 17:30  |  David 17/06/08
      22.   No tsitsit on masked men. relevant? 17:34  |  dd 17/06/08
      23.   They could be arabs 17:39  |  Adam 17/06/08
      24.   Arthur 17:49  |  Dave Duncan 17/06/08
      25.   David in London, don`t be too sure 17:55  |  Hebronite 17/06/08
      26.   Arthur, when it comes to settlers, the Israeli law 17:59  |  KM 17/06/08
      27.   Harold, it is more than a hate crime 18:10  |  KMS 17/06/08
      28.   Michael from Ra`anana....you are dishonest 18:13  |  Hebronite 17/06/08
      29.   Mark Lincoln correct: most unusual 18:39  |  Joe Sittizen 17/06/08
      30.   What about the attack on Meretz MKs in Hebron? 19:00  |  Outsider 17/06/08
      31.   How many of those 100 cameras... 19:06  |  Mike 17/06/08
      32.   Why Israel is jailing the real owners of the land 19:14  |  JP 17/06/08
      33.   Attackers weren`t "settlers" 19:26  |  Chris Coleson 17/06/08
      34.   Are we seeing the jewish KKK? 19:32  |  R 17/06/08
      35.   assault on Palestinian farmers 19:45  |  John Regis 17/06/08
      36.   #35, Well said, John Regis!! 19:59  |  Silvienne 17/06/08
      37.   Re Esther #8 20:07  |  Ulf 17/06/08
      38.   The `suspects` have already been released... 20:29  |  Ari 17/06/08
      39.   # 35 John Regis...execute them? 20:37  |  Lynn 17/06/08
      40.   # 36 Silvienne...the death penalty for felonious assault? 20:39  |  Lynn 17/06/08
      41.   Settleres doing THEIR job 20:52  |  David 17/06/08
      42.   It`s the shepard`s fault-not wearing kaffiyehs 21:04  |  Aphemia 17/06/08
      43.   That story is not nice at all, but, hey, there is also some 21:44  |  Andreas 17/06/08
      44.   hypocritical pals 21:46  |  Adrian de Klerk 17/06/08
      45.   It is part of the Israeli Lebensraum program 22:20  |  American in NY 17/06/08
      46.   #24 #25 Dave nobody has been caught,KM what law in Gaza? 23:11  |  Arthur 17/06/08
      47.   Child Terrorists - Israel is moving up in the world.... 23:12  |  POP 17/06/08
      48.   utagawa, #16 23:24  |  Maki 17/06/08
      49.   utagawa, #16 23:28  |  Maki 17/06/08
      50.   good move 23:34  |  rm 17/06/08
      51.   ulf 00:10  |  potobac 18/06/08
      52.   They will be free by tomorrow morning 00:19  |  Aaron 18/06/08
      53.   to all the palestinian ass kissers,fact 1,they attackers were 00:33  |  terrornator 18/06/08
      54.   proof terrorists on both sides 02:05  |  joefiasco 18/06/08
      55.   leave it to the isreal police to "look into it"! [2nd try] 09:12  |  eric 18/06/08
      56.   inaccurate reporting 09:14  |  chava 18/06/08
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