Canaan Center slams settlers attack against a female legislator

Wednesday September 03, 2008 01:47 by IMEMC News

Ghassan Al Masry, head of the Canaan Center for Media and Studies issued a press release slamming an attack carried by a group of extremist Israeli settlers against Palestinian legislator, Najat Abu Baker. Abu Baker was in her vehicle on the road between Nablus and Jenin.

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The settlers also uttered threats against the life of Abu Baker while the Israeli army did not even attempt to stop them.

Al Masry stated that the last three months marked a “new settler war” against the Palestinian people, as the settlers fired missiles at Nablus villages adjacent to Israeli settlements, repeatedly attacked the villages and repeatedly set farmlands and orchards on fire.

The settlers also attacked dozens of villagers and attempted to bar them from working in their orchards while the army remained idle and in many cases Israeli soldiers protected the settlers and allowed them to wander in Palestinian orchards, cut and burn the trees.

Al Masry said that Israel is surrounding thousands of Palestinians in the Nablus area, imprisoning them in their own villages, and restricting their movement with dozens of permanent roadblocks.  

Furthermore, Al Masry demanded the Palestinian Authority to practice pressure on the Israeli side to stop the ongoing attacks and violations carried out by the settlers who only seek further escalation and are attempting to drag the Palestinians into an open war with them while the Palestinian Authority and the people are committed to the truce deal.

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