Israeli Colonists desecrate a cemetery and damage Palestinian properties in As Sawiyya village

May 14, 2013

Violation: colonists desecrate a cemetery and damage Palestinian properties.

Location: As Sawiyya village – Salfit.

Date: May 13, 2013.

Perpetrators: colonists of Eli.

Details:

A new wave of colonists attacks hit Nablus countryside as a group of colonists took advantage of the calmness of the night to break into As Sawiyya village on May 13, 2013. The colonists first target was the village’s cemetery where they wrote racist and offensive slogans on the graves. The assailants then moved on to damage some cars and equipment and write more slogans, this time on houses.

Table 1: inflicted damage:

Victim	Damage	pictures
Issa Abdullah	Puncturing the tires of a tractor Puncturing the tires of a trailer Writing offensive slogans on the residence walls	1+2
Yaser Abdullah	Damaging a harvester	3
Shadi Shahin	Puncturing the tires of his private Volkswagen	4
Fahed Saleh	Offensive slogans on the entrance of a nursery Destroying 60 seedlings of indoor plants 21 fig seedlings 4 grape seedlings Cutting the fence of the nursery	5+6+7 +8+9
The village cemetery	Desecrating two graves	10

As Sawiyya has been targeted by colonists attacks numerous times in recent years; olive trees has been the main target alongside agricultural fields in the village. Not a month passes without recording at least one attack.