Israeli Authorities Mostly Ignore Settler Attacks on Palestinian Village
The inhabitants of the Palestinian village of Qusra are regularly attacked by the Israeli settlers from nearby settlements, with the Israeli authorities doing little to help, reports Naela Khalil.
Hilmi Hassan lies in the intensive care unit of Hadassah Hospital, while Osama Rami has been transferred to the eye hospital in Jerusalem a few days after he was in Rafidia Hospital in Nablus. The two young boys are from the village of Qusra, south of Nablus, and were wounded by settlers who attacked Qusra’s villagers at the end of February 2013.
While the two young patients were in the hospitals in Israel and Jerusalem seeking advanced treatment for their critical wounds, their families’ homes were receiving dozens of villagers who came to console the families and check on the health of Hilmi and Osama.
One of Hilmi’s relatives said, “Qusra means family. We are all one family that rejoices together and suffers from the settlements together.”
Three settlements lie on Qusra’s land. The oldest settlement, Midgalim, is on Jabal al-Hafr, east of Qusra. The settlements Esh Kodesh, which was founded in 2000, and Keda, founded in 1997, are south-west of the village.
