from PressTV
Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert says settlers have been committing “war crimes” against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank under the protection of the Tel Aviv regime.
Speaking on Israel’s Channel 13 on Saturday, Olmert said “hilltop youth” or “youths of horror” assault Palestinians, run off their lands and torch their homes, on a daily basis.
“In the West Bank, war crimes are occurring daily. Jews are murdering Palestinians. Burning them,” he added.
The Israeli police shut their eyes to the settler violence, while the military does not do what it is supposed to do.
However, the hosts of the show alleged that only a small minority of Israeli settlers attack Palestinians.
Olmert refuted the claim, saying, “This is not a minority, that’s a false claim. They (the settlers) have backing, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to do it.”
He further referred to the case of Sayfollah Musallet, a young Palestinian-American man who was beaten to death by Israeli settlers in the West Bank town of Sinjil on Friday...
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