Extremist Israeli settlers attacked on Thursday homes of Palestinians in the village of Ourif south of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank.
A horde of extremist settlers escorted by military patrols assaulted Palestinians’ homes in Ourif village sparking clashes with the locals.
Sometime earlier Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian farmers in Ourif’s southern corners while they were carrying out works to open a new agricultural road.
Settler violence against Palestinians and their property is routine in the West Bank and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities.
According to the Israeli rights group B’Tselem “As the occupying force Israel must protect the Palestinians in the West Bank. However the Israeli authorities neglect to fulfill this responsibility and do not do enough to prevent Israelis from attacking Palestinians their property and their lands.”
