AT-TUWANI: Israeli settler kills goats with car in South Hebron Hills
June 6th, 2008
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CPTnet
6 June 2008
AT-TUWANI: Israeli settler kills goats with car in South Hebron Hills
On 1 June 2008 at around 5:00 p.m., an Israeli settler driving in the South Hebron Hills killed three goats and injured two others while on the settler bypass road, Route 317. A local Palestinian shepherd from the village of Ma’in was on his way home, bringing his flock across the road from a nearby field where he had been grazing his animals. The settler aimed his car, and rammed into three of the goats. He then redirected his car and aimed for more, hitting an additional two. The assault killed three goats and broke the legs of two surviving animals.
While fleeing the scene, the settler noticed that his license plate had come off and was stuck to the horn of one of the goats. He drove back to the scene to retrieve it, where he met soldiers in a jeep who had witnessed the attack. They took the settler’s details and gave them to the Israeli police, who arrived at the scene later, after the settler had left.
The incident follows a pattern of attacks by Israeli settlers on livestock owned by local Palestinians. On 27 March 2008, an Israeli settler from the illegal Hill 833 settlement outpost* (called Havat Maon by the settlers) shot at a flock of sheep in the area, killing two sheep and narrowly missing the Palestinian shepherd. On 23 February 2008, settlers from Havat Ma’on attacked several flocks of sheep in the area, kicking one in the head, breaking its teeth. Another sheep they kicked began to emit blood while lactating.
*According to the Geneva Conventions, the International Court of Justice in The Hague, and numerous United Nations resolutions, all Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories are illegal. The South Hebron Hills contain many settlement outposts that are also illegal according to Israeli law.
A photo of the incident is available here available at http://cpt.org/gallery/album248/DSCF0027
6 June 2008
AT-TUWANI: Israeli settler kills goats with car in South Hebron Hills
On 1 June 2008 at around 5:00 p.m., an Israeli settler driving in the South Hebron Hills killed three goats and injured two others while on the settler bypass road, Route 317. A local Palestinian shepherd from the village of Ma’in was on his way home, bringing his flock across the road from a nearby field where he had been grazing his animals. The settler aimed his car, and rammed into three of the goats. He then redirected his car and aimed for more, hitting an additional two. The assault killed three goats and broke the legs of two surviving animals.
While fleeing the scene, the settler noticed that his license plate had come off and was stuck to the horn of one of the goats. He drove back to the scene to retrieve it, where he met soldiers in a jeep who had witnessed the attack. They took the settler’s details and gave them to the Israeli police, who arrived at the scene later, after the settler had left.
The incident follows a pattern of attacks by Israeli settlers on livestock owned by local Palestinians. On 27 March 2008, an Israeli settler from the illegal Hill 833 settlement outpost* (called Havat Maon by the settlers) shot at a flock of sheep in the area, killing two sheep and narrowly missing the Palestinian shepherd. On 23 February 2008, settlers from Havat Ma’on attacked several flocks of sheep in the area, kicking one in the head, breaking its teeth. Another sheep they kicked began to emit blood while lactating.
*According to the Geneva Conventions, the International Court of Justice in The Hague, and numerous United Nations resolutions, all Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories are illegal. The South Hebron Hills contain many settlement outposts that are also illegal according to Israeli law.
A photo of the incident is available here available at http://cpt.org/gallery/album248/DSCF0027