Disorders and burning of vehicles in Douma/documentation on social networks according to Article 27 A of the Copyright Law
Settlers attacked journalist Shaul Golan today (Saturday) in the Douma area, burning his equipment and breaking his hand. The police opened an investigation following the attack on Golan, a member of Yedioth Ahronoth and Ynet. This, in the background of the violent riots that broke out after the body of the 14-year-old boy Binyamin Ahi Meir, who was murdered by terrorists while grazing sheep in the area, was found.
Golan described the incident to Haaretz journalist Hagar Shizaf. "I entered the village to a house that had already burned and I photographed them coming out, 20-30 people from an olive grove, masked, some shirtless and some in military uniforms. I hid and heard they were approaching the house and then some boy came in and saw the camera even though I was hiding under the table. He started screaming." Arab', I started telling them 'I'm not Arab, I'm Jewish', they grabbed me, they took the bag, and they beat me to death A Jew, aren't you ashamed?' Some of them were in military uniform and they didn't care at all," he said.
The body of my brother Meir, a resident of the "Angels of Peace" outpost in Binyamin, was located today at the end of a day of searching. "The investigation of the incident continues. The security forces are continuing the pursuit of the suspects in carrying out the attack," the IDF spokeswoman, the Shin Bet spokeswoman and the police spokeswoman said in a joint statement.
The security establishment expressed grave concern about the burning of the Judea and Samaria sector in response to the murder. Already yesterday, during the search for the boy, IDF forces surrounded the village of Al Mu'air for a while, and violent protests broke out there, and then also violent riots between settlers and Palestinian residents of the village. The Palestinians reported one dead, Jihad Abu Alia, and several wounded.
Also today, after the boy was found, a series of violent riots began in Judea and Samaria, among others in the Deir Davan area, at the entrance to Mo'air, Givat Assaf, etc. As part of the riots, stones were thrown at Palestinian vehicles, and other vehicles were set on fire In the afternoon, after hours of clashes, there was a significant lull in a number of centers in the Binyamin area. The Red Crescent reported that 16 Palestinians were injured and in need of medical treatment. In the last few hours, there were calls to mobilize and protect On the villages against "settler gang attacks".
Defense Minister Yoav Galant called on the settlers to avoid confrontations with Palestinians: "Let the security forces act quickly in the hunt for the terrorists - revenge actions will make it difficult for our fighters to take the law into their own hands". "Yiki Dolf directed all the regional division commanders to talk with the heads of the settlements, the councils and the influential parties in order to calm the area and prevent disturbances.