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Driven by faith, activists stand up to fellow Jews to protect Palestinians
Yahoo • • world
Key Points:
- Ziva Sharp and around 30 Israeli activists, many religious Jews, travel to the West Bank to protect Palestinians from violent settlers, motivated by a humanistic interpretation of Judaism emphasizing compassion and justice.
- On a recent visit to Jannatah near Bethlehem, at least five activists were injured by settlers who violently expelled them, damaging vehicles and using stones and pepper spray.
- The activists sought to protect the Faraj family, who face pressure from extremist settlers; the family lost a member in March clashes, with no arrests made.
- The settlers belong to the Hilltop Youth movement, known for establishing illegal outposts to displace Palestinians and expand settlements, a process supported by Israel's right-wing government amid rising settler violence.
- Many activists belong to Bnei Avraham, a religious Jewish movement opposing settler extremism by invoking Jewish teachings of justice, placing them in conflict with religious Zionist extremists who justify violence and land seizure.
