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Graphic: When Settlers Attack,
Source: The Palestine Center, 2012


NABLUS (Ma'an) -- Settlers in the northern West Bank set up a roadblock and attacked a Nablus village on Thursday, a PA official said.

Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settler activity in the northern West Bank, said that settlers blocked a main road that links the West Bank town of Huwwara to Tulkarem and Qalqiliya.

Settlers prevented Palestinian vehicles from passing through, causing a large traffic jam. Around 12 settlers also attacked the village of Urif in Nablus, clashing with local villagers.

Witnesses said the Israeli army was present during the incident but fired tear gas at the villagers.

In 2011, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported that settler attacks had increased by 50 percent on the previous year.

The Nablus district experienced the majority of settler violence in 2011.

Source: When Settlers Attack, The Palestine Center, 2012

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NABLUS, April 26, 2012 (WAFA) – Jewish settlers Thursday attacked the village of Urif, south of Nablus, according to witnesses.

They said that around 12 settlers attacked the village’s outskirts for the second time in one week and clashed with Palestinians.

The army, which was present in the area, fired tear gas canisters at the Palestinians who were defending their village, causing suffocation among some residents.

This attack, along with a heavy presence of settlers in the Nablus area village, coincided with the day Israelis were celebrating the 64th anniversary of the establishment of the state of Israel according to the Hebrew calendar.

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