Feb 10, 2009

PNN exclusive – With the Israeli elections being largely campaigned on support for the militant settler movement Jewish extremists continue to act with impunity.

The occupied West Bank was the scene last night of the type of shooting that has become routine from the south's Hebron to Nablus in the north.

Israeli settlers from the Beitar Illit Settlement built on the land of several western Bethlehem towns opened fire on Husan Village Monday.

Settlers entered the town and began firing at houses and along the streets. Residents describe the shooting as "sudden" and "indiscriminate."

Mahfouz Hamamra is now in Bethlehem’s Beit Jala Government Hospital, Al Hussein.

The 15 year old is among the victims. To remove a bullet lodged in his right leg Hamamra underwent emergency surgery.

Citizens are increasingly agitated and despairing as the Israeli policy of settlement expansion continues in spite of international law, the United Nations, the US envoy George Mitchell and the nonviolent resistance movement that routinely protests.

In Husan Village today the people say they are afraid to let their children outside. "The incident confirms once again," a resident said, "that the settlers are a danger to people."