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  • Des habitants d’implantations accusés d’avoir battu un rabbin âgé de 80 ans
    Par Jacob Magid 17 octobre 2019
    https://fr.timesofisrael.com/des-habitants-dimplantations-accuses-davoir-battu-un-rabbin-age-de

    Mercredi, un militant israélien âgé de 80 ans a dit qu’il « avait eu peur pour sa vie » quand un groupe de jeunes habitants d’implantations armés de pieds-de-biche l’a attaqué lui et un groupe de volontaires étrangers aidant des fermiers palestiniens lors de la récolte annuelle d’olives dans le nord de la Cisjordanie.

    Le rabbin Moshe Yehudai a fait ses commentaires à la Radio de l’armée quelques heures après l’agression. Celle-ci a été filmée par des groupes de défense de droits de l’homme présents sur place.

    Des cinq volontaires qui ont été blessés, quatre venaient des Etats-Unis, du Royaume-Uni et d’autres pays européens, a déclaré un militant de terrain de l’ONG Yesh Din. Yehudai, un activiste israélien de Rabbis for Human Rights, a été la cinquième personne ciblée. Il a reçu de violents coups au bras et à la tête. Il a été transporté au centre médical Meir à Kfar Saba avec un bras cassé.

    • 80-Year Old Israeli Rabbi Beaten by Right-Wing Israeli Settlers for Protecting Palestinian Farmers
      October 21, 2019
      https://imemc.org/article/80-year-old-israeli-rabbi-beaten-by-right-wing-israeli-settlers-for-protectin

      A group of around 30 masked Israeli settlers attacked Israeli and international human rights activists on Wednesday, beating them with crowbars while they were protecting Palestinian farmers trying to harvest olives in the village of Burin, in the West Bank.
      Eighty year old Rabbi Moshe Yehudai told reporters that he “feared for his life” as he was beaten mercilessly on the head, arm and shoulders. He was one of five Israeli human rights activists who was beaten in the attack.
      Yehudai was rushed to hospital with severe head injuries and a broken arm.
      Yehudai is a member of Rabbis for Human Rights, a group made up of Israeli and international Rabbis and supporters that engage in human rights accompaniment in the West Bank, especially in areas known for Israeli settler violence.
      According to local sources, more than 30 masked Israeli settlers came running into the olive grove where the harvest was going on, and began beating the Palestinian farmers, Israeli rabbis and international human rights activists.
      While being treated for his injuries, Yehudai told reporters from the Times of Israel, “Suddenly, the settlers came with their faces [covered]. They started running at us, they surrounded me, threw rocks at me, hit me with crowbars, giving me a head injury. I told them I’m 80 years old. Leave me alone.”
      But the settlers kept coming and beating him and the other activists and observers.