Israeli settlers storm West Bank village, setting cars and homes ablaze | CNN
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The attack by hundreds of armed Israeli settlers on Friday left at least one person dead according to local officials, and was one of the largest such attacks this year, according to Palestinian officials.

It’s estimated that between 1,000 and 1,200 settlers surrounded the village, and around 500 stormed it just after midday local time on Friday, blocking all the roads in the area.

According to Abu-Alia [head of the village council], the Israeli military arrived at the scene at around 3 p.m. local time, but did not stop the settlers from attacking the village. Instead, Israeli soldiers allowed them to raid homes, prevented Palestinian residents from moving around and blocked ambulances from reaching the injured, he alleged.

Israeli security forces had informed Palestinian officials that the settlers were looking for an Israeli teenager who had gone missing earlier in the day.

  • kibiz0r@midwest.socialEnglish
    141·
    7 months ago

    All the people daring the MSM to call them “terrorists”…

    Maybe we should just remind the public how bad the word “settler” is: These are state-armed violent militias whose explicit goal is to displace the indigenous occupants of foreign territories.

    Terrorists at least tend to emerge in response to (real or perceived) political disposession. That is not the case here. The settlers are the most privileged class in Israel, rewarded for breaking international law.

    And we should probably also remember that oppressors always have legitimate grievances to cite when you question what they’re doing. Nobody ever says “We’re invading this land cuz we want it” in the moment.

        • Duamerthrax@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          7 months ago

          Sure, but Colonists brings up a lot of negative history nowadays. Without a doubt, “Settlers” was their chosen term in an effort to control the language used to describe them.

          • livus@mander.xyzEnglish
            2·
            7 months ago

            Colonizers.

            They aren’t just in a colony, they are actively engaged in colonizing and trying to take more land through violence.

      • Wrench@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        7 months ago

        Colonists has more of a controlling government connotation to it. The people stay, but are subservient to the rulers.

        This is genocide to completely replace the original inhabitants.

    • mightyfoolish@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      7 months ago

      State sponsored terrorists? It’s not like blowing up cars and burning homes bring a calm mind to the people’s who own the cars and houses…

    • chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      2·
      7 months ago

      Wait, there are people upset they didn’t go to terrorists? Well, of course there are, but I was shocked a CNN article even used settler, for the points you made. It specifically invokes taking from the people there to benefit themselves, which I didn’t expect CNN of all places to do.