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Witnesses: Settlers crash cars into Hebron mourners
Published Sunday 17/06/2012 (updated) 18/06/2012 11:57
Israeli soldiers arrive at the scene where settlers scuffle with
Palestinians near the West Bank city of Hebron in 2009.
(MaanImages/Mamoun Wazwaz)
HEBRON (Ma'an) -- Settlers deliberately crashed several cars into a crowd of Palestinian mourners in Hebron on Saturday evening, witnesses said.

Several people sustained bruises when settler cars collided into mourners in the al-Ras area of Hebron, a Ma'an correspondent said.

People had gathered for the funeral of three people killed earlier in a car accident in Wadi al-Houz, east of Hebron.

"While we were escorting three members of the family who were killed in a traffic accident, three settler vehicles traveling on the main road deliberately crashed into the crowd injuring a number of mourners," Fawwaz Rajabi, a family member at the funeral, said.

Mourners tried to stop the settlers but Israeli soldiers deployed in the area, preventing people from taking part in the funeral procession, Rajabi added.

Shaab Omran Al-Rajbi 26, his brother Saadi, 30, Hamza Saleem Al-Rajbi, 33, and Safwat Ratih Al-Ajlouni, 23 were killed on Saturday when the car they were traveling in flipped over.

A civil defense statement said Israeli army and police forces attended the scene, which lies in an area of the West Bank under Israeli military control.

Around 800 Jewish settlers live in Hebron's Old City, among 30,000 Palestinians in the parts of the city that are under Israeli control.
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1 ) Roos / Holland
17/06/2012 11:00
Sick people, very sick.
2 ) John / Ramallah
17/06/2012 11:15

we , along with other Pals , are suffering from thwe crimes of these settlers . Whats is sadenning is the fact that these settlers carry such acts under the full protection of Israeli soldiers , who dont interfere to stop such actions.
3 ) ronen / israel
17/06/2012 11:53
if they did it they should be trialed but i want to remind that arabs did this same thing so many times and everyone defends them maan published like 10 articles about a guy who hit a group of soldiers with his car and none of the roos' and johns said anything about that
4 ) joop jansen / the netherlands
17/06/2012 12:55
Scum of the earth! Fight zionism!
5 ) S perez / usa
17/06/2012 13:41
true story
6 ) ronen / israel
17/06/2012 15:42
#3 how do you know the first was accidental and the second intentional? you choose who to believe by your own agenda which is apart from anything else plain stupid and evil
7 ) Jihane / Palestine/France
17/06/2012 17:25
@ Ronen The Palestinian who was killed in East Jerusalem had a name: Ziad Jilani, and it's a fact - even acknowledged by the IDF - that his car was hit by stones, and he lost control of it. He was first shot in the back by the Border Police, and afterwards in his head while lying on the ground by another Russian racist, Maxim Vinogradov, who's been boasting of his wish to kill Arabs on Facebook. And do not compare occupiers and occupied; these settlers thugs in al-Khalil are the worst scum !
8 ) zohir / palestine
17/06/2012 18:48
harbor no doubt. this story pure balogna.
9 ) Catherine / Canada
17/06/2012 18:57
I wonder how Canada's Prime Minister who supports Israel right or wrong can justify this act. Oh, probably with his typical "measured response".
10 ) Malone / Hfx
18/06/2012 01:38
#10...why don't you take your petty little complaints to a Canadian news site,instead of whining on an arab one? I seriously doubt Harper bothers himself with maan news,lol.
11 ) Gabi / Australia
18/06/2012 02:55
# 10 - same as our government. When the Israelis kill people in Gaza or the West Bank, all they can say is that Israel must be allowed to defend itself! When the settlers commit these sort of outrageous crimes, our government remains silent - not even a "measured response". It never hits our newspapers so that ordinary people don't really know what is going on. Our government probably regards logging on to a Palestinian website to read about these thing is the same as supporting terrorism!
12 ) BDS / Canada
18/06/2012 03:34
Horrific when Palestinians are not even allowed to mourn their dead. Yes Roos they are sick and desperate people indeed who commit such disgusting acts.
13 ) Haring / USA
18/06/2012 04:43
(I cannot help thinking what good SS employees these settlers would make.) USA multifaceted support for zionist Israel was the proverbial "last straw' that propelled me to accompany political action with tax refusal and redirection. I finally "got it" - that it does no good to wring one's hands while purchasing war crimes.
14 ) Orhan / Australia
19/06/2012 18:31
Sick people... God does not teach you to harm people - only sick minds that can't think act this way, shameful behaviour... This is terrorism - to terrorise mourners!
15 ) Colin Wright / USA
20/06/2012 08:32
To Malone #11 'I seriously doubt Harper bothers himself with maan news' I doubt it as well. While there are a few disturbed individuals who actually enjoy the spectacle, most of those who support Israel do so by keeping their gaze firmly averted from what Israel actually does.
16 ) Chimo / USA
22/06/2012 01:14
Ah, and ther's Colin trying to be the voice of reason talking for the anti jewish maggots who regularly scream about destroying Israel and always comparing Israelis to Nazis. Anyone comparing Israelis to nazis is about as stupid and ignorant as they come. I'm sure their are some bad people amongst the settlers, but all of you anti israeli people are so quick to believe the worst about jews, w/out ever condemning the terrorists who intentionally murder jewish women and children.
17 ) Colin Wright / USA
22/06/2012 12:02
To Chimo #16 'Anyone comparing Israelis to nazis is about as stupid and ignorant as they come.' Why? Both movements arose out of that racial nationalism so pronounced at the end of the 19th century. Both relied on a bogus 'history' to stake claims to land that wasn't theirs. Both worship force, disregard law, and prize racial purity. Israel needs to concern herself with the opinion of others, and so needs to be more restrained than the Nazis were, but otherwise, I don't see a difference.
18 ) Colin Wright / USA
22/06/2012 12:05
To Chimo #16 'but all of you anti israeli people are so quick to believe the worst about jews, w/out ever condemning the terrorists who intentionally murder jewish women and children.' Not Jews, just Israelis. And when the US starts sponsoring the 'terrorists' who 'murder' Jewish women and children, I'll concern myself about them.
19 ) southparkbear / usa
24/06/2012 04:39
the car was automatic not manual. also this is a smart car that can identify the distance of cars back and front. it can slow down or speed up at will. I think the car's computer fet some danger. cannot argue with that. Now can the driver sue the PA insurance?
20 ) scott / australia
27/06/2012 07:49
The israeli regime must be stopped. It is an evil and barbaric system that protects criminals at the cost of innocent people.
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