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Source : Ma’an

dimanche 21 décembre 2008

UN : 290 settler-related attacks on Palestinians by November
Date : 19 / 12 / 2008 Time : 09:46

Bethlehem - Ma’an - The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Friday that settler attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank increased this year.

Within the first ten months of 2008, OCHA recorded 290 settler-related incidents targeting Palestinians and their property. This figure, while not comprehensive, « reflects a worrying trend, » the UN office said, « since it surpasses the total recorded by OCHA in each of the previous two years. »

In 2006 OCHA recorded 182 attacks for all 12 months combined, while in 2007 the sum was 243.

Similarly, Palestinian deaths and injuries resulting from settler-related incidents in 2008 exceeded the number of Palestinian casualties in each of the previous two years (131 in 2008, compared to 74 in 2006 and 92 in 2007).

Since 2006, OCHA has recorded more Israelis killed by Palestinians in the West Bank than vice-versa (10, compared to 4). The number of Israelis injured by Palestinians during that period is less than half those of Palestinians injured by Israeli settlers (116, compared to 293).

Group violence

Since 2006, a significant majority of settler incidents recorded by OCHA were carried out by groups of Israeli settlers, rather than lone individuals.

Approximately half of all Palestinian injuries from settler violence each year since 2006 have been made up of children, women and the elderly over 70 years of age, the UN office found.

Some areas of the West Bank suffer far higher levels of settler violence and related activity than others, as well. While incidents were recorded by OCHA in all governorates during the first 10 months of 2008, they were more frequent in Hebron and Nablus, with 42 percent and 21 percent of all incidents, respectively.

This trend was also witnessed in the preceding two years.

A root cause of the phenomenon is Israel’s decades-long policy of facilitating and encouraging the settling of its citizens inside occupied Palestinian territory, defined as transfer of population and prohibited by international humanitarian law.