Palestinians Prepare for Settler Attacks Over UN Vote

[Ken Burch]

http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=105149

By Jillian Kestler-D’Amours

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JERUSALEM, Sep 19, 2011 (IPS) - Amidst reports that the Israeli military is arming and training Israeli settlers in advance of the Palestinian Authority’s bid to recognise a Palestinian state at the United Nations later this week, Palestinian activists in the West Bank have organised emergency response teams to document settler attacks and prevent more from taking place.

"This project came from the continuous and frequent attacks by the settlers in the last days. The settlers have many plans to attack Palestinian houses and lands and they announced that they will make the Palestinians suffer as a punishment for going to get full membership in the United Nations," Issa Amro, a Palestinian human rights activist with the Hebron-based Youth Against Settlements organisation, told IPS.

From fending off attack dogs and knowing how to protect their children and where to hide in their homes during an attack, Amro explained that Palestinian and international activists have visited and provided advice to Palestinians living in close proximity to illegal Israeli settlements in the Hebron-area.

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