West Bank: Siedler attack journalists from the German Welle

In the occupied West Bank, Israeli settlers have attacked two employees of the Deutsche Welle (DW). A correspondent and a cameraman were thrown and persecuted on Friday with large stones, Germany’s broadcasting broadcaster said. The two therefore stayed in the Palestinian village of Sindschil north of Ramallah to report on a planned protest against violence of radical settlers.

According to the information, the two were able to get to safety unharmed. However, the cameraman’s car was badly damaged.

DW director Peter Limbourg condemned the attack. “This attack is not to be justified by anything, and we call very clearly: The Israeli government must guarantee the security of all journalists in West Bank,” he said, according to a message.

The Israeli military, which is responsible for security matters in the West Bank, did not initially comment on it. A spokesman said to want to check the report.

According to the German wave, representatives of other international media were also present during the attack. They too got into the stone hail of the settlers and had to flee.

Since the massacre of Islamist Hamas and other extremist groups in Israel on October 7, 2023 and the resulting Gaza War, radicals and violent Israeli settlers have expanded their attacks on the Palestinians in the West Bank. Again and again they move up with firearms, baseball rackets and stones in Palestinian villages, ignite houses and cars and set fire to fields and olive groves.

In addition to the approximately three million Palestinians, more than 500,000 Israeli settlers now live in around 200 settlements in the occupied West Bank, together with East Jerusalem there are even 700,000 settlers.