Wednesday, July 22, 2009

MIDEAST: Rampaging Settlers Shatter Fragile Calm

By Mel Frykberg | Inter Press Service News

RAMALLAH, Jul 22 (IPS) – The northern Palestinian West Bank is turning into a flashpoint as Israeli settlers continue to attack Palestinian civilians and their property as part of a “price tag” policy.

On Tuesday Walid Assaf, a Palestinian Legislative Council member, was injured after Israeli settlers near the northern West Bank city Qalqilia threw a rock through his windscreen as he drove past a settlement.

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