Disturbing pattern
This is heartbreaking. Why would anyone block firefighters from doing their job? It feels like the humanity of these stories gets lost in the political noise.
Israeli settlers impeded firefighting near Christian West Bank village, Palestinians say
TAYBEH, West Bank: Israeli settlers obstructed Palestinians putting out a large blaze near a Christian village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank late on Tuesday, a local priest and Palestinian civil defense firefighters said. The incident comes amid rising strife in the West Bank, where some Western countries announced sanctions on settler groups this week over violent Israeli attacks on Palestinians. Father Bashar Fawadleh, parish priest of Taybeh, said settlers had shot firearms and surrounded people trying to take a water tanker to the site to fight the fire.