Thursday 27/03/2014
HEBRON (Ma'an) -- A group of settlers from the illegal outpost of Mitzpe Yair on Thursday attacked and destroyed solar panels belonging to a Palestinian community in the south Hebron hills, locals said.
Witnesses told Ma'an that the settlers destroyed three out of five solar panels providing electricity to the small village of Khirbet Bir al-Idd.
The attackers fled before villagers arrived at the scene.
Local officials filed a complaint at an Israeli police station, where officers said they would search for the attackers.
Villagers told Ma'an that settlers frequently attack their property in an attempt to get them to leave the land so nearby Israeli settlements can be expanded.
Settler outposts in the south Hebron hills have an adverse effect on local Palestinian communities through a combination of physical violence and restrictions on movement.
Located in Area C, Palestinians in the south Hebron hills suffer from extreme electricity and water shortages and face violent intimidation from the Israeli army and radical settlers.
Less than 1 percent of Area C has been planned for Palestinian development, while some 135 settlements and over 100 outposts have been built in the same area.
Source: Ma'an News Agency.
Link: http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=685211.
HEBRON (Ma'an) -- A group of settlers from the illegal outpost of Mitzpe Yair on Thursday attacked and destroyed solar panels belonging to a Palestinian community in the south Hebron hills, locals said.
Witnesses told Ma'an that the settlers destroyed three out of five solar panels providing electricity to the small village of Khirbet Bir al-Idd.
The attackers fled before villagers arrived at the scene.
Local officials filed a complaint at an Israeli police station, where officers said they would search for the attackers.
Villagers told Ma'an that settlers frequently attack their property in an attempt to get them to leave the land so nearby Israeli settlements can be expanded.
Settler outposts in the south Hebron hills have an adverse effect on local Palestinian communities through a combination of physical violence and restrictions on movement.
Located in Area C, Palestinians in the south Hebron hills suffer from extreme electricity and water shortages and face violent intimidation from the Israeli army and radical settlers.
Less than 1 percent of Area C has been planned for Palestinian development, while some 135 settlements and over 100 outposts have been built in the same area.
Source: Ma'an News Agency.
Link: http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=685211.
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