Settlers attack West Bank villages following outpost demolitions

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Police and Palestinians say settlers threw petrol bomb into a house, damaged several cars in West Bank.
By The Associated Press and Reuters

Israeli settlers damaged houses and cars in a Palestinian village in the West Bank on Tuesday, police and witnesses said, in an apparent show of anger over the Israeli demolition of homes in an unauthorized settler outpost.

Police say settlers are suspected of smashing windows of seven Palestinian cars and throwing a fire bomb at a Palestinian house.

Resident of the village of Hiwwara also said settlers threw petrol bombs into a house, broke the windows of another, and burned several cars in the overnight rampage before moving on to nearby Burin, where Israel Defense Forces soldiers prevented them from attacking a mosque.

"We tried to put off the fire but we could not, because it was huge. The whole front room burned down and part of the sitting room," said Rami Edmeidi, the owner of the home that came under attack.

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/settlers-attack-west-bank-villages-following-outpost-demolitions-1.346451

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1. Here's my question:

Why aren't the Palestinian homes protected by the Israel military as they are located in Israel?

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2. +1

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3. the West Bank is part of Israel? n/t

[no_hypocrisy]

4. That's my point.

The "settlors" and Israel Proper consider that to be part of the country. Otherwise, why would they sanction settlement in a foreign neighboring country? And if they consider that disputed land to be part of Israel, shouldn't the military be protecting citizens from one another? There seems to be a decided preference.

[azurnoir]

5. they are establishing 'facts on the ground' and they do not consider Palestinians

living in the OPT to be Israeli citizens, with the exception of some that hold Israeli citizenship mostly in East Jerusalem, but all in all what you are suggesting would amount to a one state solution

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6. Not only are their homes not protected from extremist settlers...

...but when they or their homes are attacked, complaints filed rarely result in convictions. Here's an article about it...

Who will protect Palestinians from growing settler extremism?