As night fell, settlers descended upon the village. “There were more than a hundred of them — masked and armed with guns and clubs. They smashed the windows of my two cars and threw gasoline inside, setting them alight along with the entrance to my home. We rushed out with water to try to douse the flames. We had nothing to protect ourselves with except stones.”
This was the scene on Aug. 15, as described by Ibrahim Sidda, in the Palestinian town of Jit — the latest in the occupied West Bank to suffer a pogrom at the hands of Israeli settlers. Sidda was at home, enjoying a meal with his family, when the invaders arrived. “We are peace-loving people,” he told +972 after the attack, still in disbelief at what had befallen him and his community. ….more
