Villagers from Inabus, just south of Yitzhar, filed complaints with police, according to which they were attacked on October 5 by a group of 20 to 30 settlers. 'They almost killed my wife,' Hisham Salomon said. 'They shot in the air, at the ground, and beat us with sticks and rocks. They might as well ship us off to Jordan or Iraq as they plan, maybe there we will at least have some peace.'
The activists said several settlers from Yitzhar fired several shots in the air as well as at the group of Palestinians and activists engaged in olive-picking in Inabus Saturday afternoon, from a distance of some 300 meters. One activist said they shots were aimed at a group that included women and children. There was no immediate response from the settlers.
In a conversation with the Jerusalem post internet staff, one of the Israeli activists, who would only give her first name, Liora, said her group had arrived at an olive grove near Yitzhar, at around 1 p.m. local time. "They (the settlers) started shooting at us when we were there for only about ten minutes," she said. Even though they were most of the fire was shot in the air, she said they could not know that at the time." We just ran away." She says the fire lasted for some 10 minutes. Later, she said, the activists resumed their work, but were moved by the IDF to a grove some 300 meters away, in what she termed "an attempt by the IDF to minimize 'friction' with the settlers." The olive-picking work, once resumed, lasted three hours. In one case, Liora told The Jerusalem Post, settlers continued to shoot rounds in the air even after all the Palestinians had left the grove, and only an Israeli activist stayed.
The activists said several settlers from Yitzhar fired several shots in the air as well as at the group of Palestinians and activists engaged in olive-picking in Inabus Saturday afternoon, from a distance of some 300 meters. One activist said they shots were aimed at a group that included women and children. There was no immediate response from the settlers.
In a conversation with the Jerusalem post internet staff, one of the Israeli activists, who would only give her first name, Liora, said her group had arrived at an olive grove near Yitzhar, at around 1 p.m. local time. "They (the settlers) started shooting at us when we were there for only about ten minutes," she said. Even though they were most of the fire was shot in the air, she said they could not know that at the time." We just ran away." She says the fire lasted for some 10 minutes. Later, she said, the activists resumed their work, but were moved by the IDF to a grove some 300 meters away, in what she termed "an attempt by the IDF to minimize 'friction' with the settlers." The olive-picking work, once resumed, lasted three hours. In one case, Liora told The Jerusalem Post, settlers continued to shoot rounds in the air even after all the Palestinians had left the grove, and only an Israeli activist stayed.