A gang of
Arabs and anarchists attacked Jewish shepherds, leaving them with severe head
and face injuries.
By: Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency Published: January 6th,
2014
Susiya- Map Photo Credit: Wikipedia Six Israeli
shepherds from Mitzpeh Yair in the southern Hebron Hills were violently
attacked by Arabs and foreign activists Monday.
The shepherds, who were tending
their sheep at the time were attacked with metal poles and rocks by a group of
some 20 Arabs who were accompanied by anarchists.
The incident appears to be a
planned provocation. One of the shepherds told Tazpit News Agency that the
attackers began plowing the privately, Jewish-owned grazing grounds, and when
they were asked to stop the Arabs and activists physically attacked the
shepherds.
Three of the shepherds were injured with head and face injuries; one
suffered a concussion; another had his jaw and several teeth broken. They were
evacuated by MDA to a Jerusalem hospital.
IDF forces arrived on the scene and
arrested several of the attackers. The Jewish shepherds are attacked on a
regular basis and carry with them cameras to document these assaults. During
today’s incident they were able to film the attack, but the cameras were broken
during the violent event.
It is unclear if the pictures are retrievable.
Mitzpeh Yair was founded more then a decade ago in memory of Yair Har-Sinai of
Susiya, located across the highway from Mitzpeh Yair. Har-Sinai, who refused to
carry a weapon, was murdered by Arabs as he was grazing his sheep.
His wife Dalia,
with the help of workers and volunteers, maintains the farm. Susiya is famous
for the ancient Jewish synagogue, mosaics and other buildings that were
uncovered at the site of this Jewish town that existed from at least the 2nd
century until the 6th.
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A gang of Arabs and
anarchists attacked Jewish shepherds, leaving them with severe head and
face injuries.
By: Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Published: January 6th, 2014
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tell a friend
Susiya- Map
Photo Credit: Wikipedia
Six Israeli shepherds from Mitzpeh Yair in the southern Hebron Hills
were violently attacked by Arabs and foreign activists Monday.
The shepherds, who were tending their sheep at the time were attacked
with metal poles and rocks by a group of some 20 Arabs who were
accompanied by anarchists.
The incident appears to be a planned provocation.
One of the shepherds told Tazpit News Agency that the attackers began
plowing the privately, Jewish-owned grazing grounds, and when they were
asked to stop the Arabs and activists physically attacked the shepherds.
Three of the shepherds were injured with head and face injuries; one
suffered a concussion; another had his jaw and several teeth broken.
They were evacuated by MDA to a Jerusalem hospital. IDF forces arrived
on the scene and arrested several of the attackers.
The Jewish shepherds are attacked on a regular basis and carry with them
cameras to document these assaults. During today’s incident they were
able to film the attack, but the cameras were broken during the violent
event. It is unclear if the pictures are retrievable.
Mitzpeh Yair was founded more then a decade ago in memory of Yair
Har-Sinai of Susiya, located across the highway from Mitzpeh Yair.
Har-Sinai, who refused to carry a weapon, was murdered by Arabs as he
was grazing his sheep. His wife Dalia, with the help of workers and
volunteers, maintains the farm.
Susiya is famous for the ancient Jewish synagogue, mosaics and other
buildings that were uncovered at the site of this Jewish town that
existed from at least the 2nd century until the 6th.
800px-SusyaSynogogueInterior
print
tell a friend
About the Author: Aryeh Savir is director of the International division
of Tazpit News Agency.
Read more at: http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/jewish-shepherds-violently-attacked-near-susiya/2014/01/06/
Read more at: http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/jewish-shepherds-violently-attacked-near-susiya/2014/01/06/
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