Palestinian activists scuffled with Israeli settlers and soldiers during a protest on May 13 after Israeli top court paved way for razing eight Palestinian hamlets in the West Bank.

A group of settlers attacked and destroyed the journalists’ vehicles while carrying out their duty in covering an event held in protest of the Israeli decision to demolish more than 12 villages in Masafer Yatta area.

RESTRICTION SUMMARY: Hebron - 13 May 2022. Palestinian activists scuffle with Israeli settlers and soldiers during a protest after Israeli top court paved way for razing eight Palestinian hamlets, in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, in the West Bank.

0.1 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Hala Al-Sharif Abu Gharbia: One of the participants in the demonstration.
0.2 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Nidal Younes: Chairman of the Masafer Yatta Council

STORYLINE:

Israeli settlers today attacked Palestinian journalists’ vehicles while covering a solidarity event organized to protest the Israeli authorities’ decision to demolish 12 villages in Masafer Yatta area, south of Hebron, in the southern occupied West Bank.

A group of settlers attacked and destroyed the journalists’ vehicles while carrying out their duty in covering an event held in protest of the Israeli decision to demolish more than 12 villages in Masafer Yatta area.

The recent strongly-criticized Israeli High Court’s ruling upholding a decision to remove 12 Palestinian villages in Masafer Yatta and displace thousands of their Palestinian citizens in order to build illegal settlements comes at a time Palestinians mark the 74th anniversary of their Nakba when Israel was created in 1948 and more than 700,000 Palestinians were forced to leave their homes and land and become refugees.

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