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Christian Peacemaker Teams Releases Video of Settlers Firing on Palestinian Shepherds in South Hebron Hills

Rate the video at YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djBPRcpBOv0

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Late Saturday morning, settlers from the illegal Havat Ma'on outpost fired six shots at shepherds grazing their sheep in a nearby valley. There were no injuries as the shepherds and international volunteers with them quickly moved to lower ground.

The incident was part of ongoing problems in the area as shepherds from the nearby villages of Tuba and Maghaer al Abeed have attempted to graze their sheep in valleys to the south of the outpost. The recent problems began on Friday, when settlers called soldiers to force the shepherds off of land to the south of the outpost that they hope to take control of. The outpost is undergoing consistent expansion. Soldiers arrived and told international volunteers from Christian Peacemaker Teams and Operation Dove that the shepherds must stay off the land.

Saturday morning, the shepherds returned to the land to graze, despite the previous day's intimidation. Five settlers were seen walking through the nearby village of Mufagara on their way to Khoruba valley, south of the Havat Ma'on outpost. The five settlers were joined by another settler from the outpost at which time they pointed towards the shepherds in the valley, accompanied by international volunteers, as well as to internationals nearby monitoring. At that point, they fired on the shepherds in the valley and ran back into the outpost. In all, six shots were fired.

Police were called by the volunteers accompanying the shepherds. They briefly came to the outpost, immediately turning around. They were called again and replied that they, "had better things to do."

For more information about ongoing harassment in the South Hebron Hills, contact Christian Peacemaker Teams/Operation Dove at 0542531323.

Raw footage for editing available from Christian Peacemaker Teams/Operation Dove by request only.

Original video was published here: http://tinyurl.com/2bgkx2

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  1. kimmy | January 29, 2008 at 1:57 am | Permalink

    How can I vote on this?
    On a scale from 1 to 5, one being bad.
    If I vote 5, then some Zionists read this as good for them and some Palestinians see this good for them because it shows settler attacks.
    If I vote 1, then some Zionists read this as antisemitism and some Palestinians will say that I don't support them.
    Therefore I will not vote but I will say that these settlers are wrong at the fact that they are shooting at sheepherders and that they are wrong on being on stolen land. Also, I will say that the IOF is proving to the world that they only care about Israelis and not about the people that they are occupying against international law.

  2. Haitham | January 29, 2008 at 10:00 am | Permalink

    kimmy,

    Rating the video 5, you are promoting the video (not endorsing the content in this case) so that it gets a chance that more people see it. Rating it low will bury it down.

  3. dkaken blog | January 30, 2008 at 1:12 am | Permalink

    U should send a copy from this film to the T.V channels so that the whole world will see this crime

  4. kimmy | January 30, 2008 at 2:33 am | Permalink

    I vote the video a 5, then.

  5. Blog reader | January 30, 2008 at 5:28 am | Permalink

    You wont see this in the news, if you did most probably headlining poor isreali settlers wounded defending themselves from palestinian men with sticks and angry sheep.

  6. kimmy | January 30, 2008 at 6:40 am | Permalink

    The Israelis probably loved the sheep.
    Say no more.

  7. Chris | January 30, 2008 at 5:17 pm | Permalink

    It's the Jews Stupid

    http://curtmaynardsblog.blogspot.com/2007/12/its-jews-stupid.html

    Nothing will change until people begin to understand what is truly behind behavior like this, Jewish Supremacism.

  8. mins | January 30, 2008 at 6:08 pm | Permalink

    seems like the video has been taken offline

  9. mins | January 30, 2008 at 6:12 pm | Permalink

    my bad .. its up.

  10. Haitham | January 30, 2008 at 7:02 pm | Permalink

    Chris,

    I wouldn't say Jewish, but, Zionism Supremacism.

  11. Chris | January 30, 2008 at 7:39 pm | Permalink

    Haitham,

    You obviously didn't follow the link I provided. I suggest you go there, read the essay, then you can argue with the facts provided.

  12. Mat M | January 31, 2008 at 12:27 pm | Permalink

    Coward, sneaky criminals. They look dodgy from a mile away (literally). How pathetic and low can you be to gang up on sheep herders (and their sheep) and fire at them behind the cover of trees? What if a bullet his someone? I seriously doubt if anyone will be accountable. Actually, you can obviously see that these criminals know what they are doing (ie have done this form of terrorism before) as they are working together and make sure they are not seen while the shots are fired. Since there are about 6 of them, who could take the blame? Calculated and planned terrorism, that's all I can call it. Any media outlets will cover this? I seriously doubt it. And the lies just go on and on until they are believed as truths.
    Peace

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