Eyes Wide Open | Photo Blog
Photoblog: Settler attack on Khirbet al-Mufaqarah
On the afternoon of 29 Aug. 2021, dozens of settlers raided the community of al-Mufaqarah in Masafer Yatta, attacking residents and homes and vandalizing property. The attack, which was one of the most severe and vicious recalled by residents, injured several villagers, including a toddler whose skull was fractured. Soldiers who came to the scene fired tear gas canisters at residents of the community, many of whom suffered gas inhalation. Only after about an hour did the settlers leave the area and move to the nearby village of a-Tuwani, where they attacked a house with stones and injured residents trying to defend it. In the past year, settler attacks in Masafer Yatta have intensified as part of Israel’s policy of expelling Palestinians and taking over their land. Read more
Israel’s regime of apartheid and occupation is inextricably bound up in human rights violations. B’Tselem strives to end this regime, as that is the only way forward to a future in which human rights, democracy, liberty and equality are ensured to all people, both Palestinian and Israeli, living between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.