On January 5th, an Israeli tow truck escorted by a police vehicle hit Suleiman Hathaleen, a 70+ year-old shepherd, and dragged him several meters. Then both Israeli vehicles fled. Official Israeli narrative of the incident doesn’t even mention that a Palestinian had been struck. Hathaeen died Sunday of his injuries. His death was just the latest incident in the alarming story of Palestinians in the South Hebron Hills.
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“Settlement” sounds so cozy and benign–but Israeli settlements are self-destructive and a travesty of justice, as several Israeli journalists admit.
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