Israeli Colonial Hatred Through the Generations: Al Shuhada Street, Hebron, Palestine
Channel: Tel Rumeida Project
Date: 2011-06-26

This video was filmed on Al Shuhada Street in Hebron.
This footage was filmed by an artist and activist, Katie Miranda, http://www.katiemiranda.com/
The footage of this attack was originally posted by the International Solidarity Movement.

What you see the children doing in these videos, understand that they are mimicking their parents and what their parents do and have done for decades in Hebron, Palestine. 

On the day of this attack, in June 2006, Katie wrote a report:

"At approximately 12:30 PM, two HRWs on Shuhada Street noticed a group of about 8 or 10 settlers boys between the ages of 9 and 12 carrying plastic bags filled with water. The boys were coming out of the Beit Hadassah settlement and were headed up the stone stairs into the Palestinian neighborhood.
The HRWs followed the boys to the stairs and were attacked with the bags of water. The soldier on duty at the IDF post spoke to the HRWs in Hebrew and made gestures for them to leave. The HRWs told the soldiers they only spoke English and asked him to get the kids to stop attacking them. The soldier did nothing and the children began throwing rocks at the HRWs.
The HRWs went to the top of the stone stairs where Palestinian workers were constructing a cement wall along the pathway toward Qurtaba School. The HRWs asked them if they were having problems with the settlers and they said that rocks had been thrown at them. A soldier who spoke English told the HRWs to leave but because the kids who were throwing the rocks and bags of water were still present, the HRWs refused to leave.
The Palestinian workers informed the HRWs that they would be going on a lunch break and asked the HRWs to stay at the site because they were afraid the settlers would destroy the cement while it was still wet. The HRWs agreed to do so.
Soon thereafter a jeep with four soldiers arrived. One of them angrily confronted the HRWs and said that if they didn't leave, that the police would be called. The HRWs agreed that that would be a good idea if the police were called considering the soldiers weren't preventing the kids from attacking them.
After some time, the HRWs went back to Shuhada Street. As the HRWs were on the street, the soldier approached them. One of the settler kids followed behind him, hiding a very sharp pencil behind his back. It appeared as if he wanted to use this as a weapon against the HRWs.
At this point, the police arrived. They asked if anything was wrong and the HRWs informed them of the settler violence. The policeman said a complaint could be filed if desired, otherwise the HRWs weren't allowed to film the soldiers. The HRWs informed that they were only filming because the settlers were throwing rocks and water--first at the Palestinian workers, and later at the HRWs themselves. After this, the police and soldiers left and a shift switch at the soldier post occurred.
About four settler kids entered the soldier's post. One of the settlers emerged and lunged threateningly toward a Palestinian woman and her son as the began to walk down Shuhada street away from Beit Hadassah settlement. An HRWs shouted "Stop!" which frightened the settler kids and caused them to move back into the soldier's post.
Two settlers began throwing LARGE rocks at the HRWs. The HRWs pleaded with the soldier to make the settlers stop, but he said, "No, I can't!" The HRWs said that it was his job and he replied, "I don't give a fuck about my job...Go back to England!"
The settlers continued to throw many rocks at point blank range, attempting to steal the camera, and hitting one HRW with his fists. All of this happened as the soldier watched, doing nothing. One of the HRWs was bleeding on her leg and arm. The police were called and the settlers stopped throwing rocks.
When the HRW asked the police to come, they refused because the settlers had retreated. The police said they would only come if the settlers were still attacking- but the HRWs informed the police that the settler violence would start back up very shortly. Sure enough, as the phone call ended, the settlers began throwing rocks again.
Since the police would not help, the HRWs called CPT and EAPPI and asked if they could come help. They agreed to come.
Another HRW called the police again and the police said they would come only after they were informed that a female HRW was bleeding as a result of the attacks. A settler van arrived in front of Beit Hadassah and the settler boys got in and left."
See full report:
http://palsolidarity.org/2006/06/1266/
http://telrumeidaproject.info/June.html