Driven by faith, activists stand up to fellow Jews to protect Palestinians
A small movement of Israelis, many of them religious Jews, periodically go to the occupied West Bank to protect Palestinians under growing assault by violent settlers.
JANNATAH, WEST BANK – Ziva Sharp's Jewish faith led her to travel from Jerusalem to the West Bank to defend Palestinians. She is among around 30 activists, many of them religious Jews, who periodically visit the occupied territory to protect Palestinians from violent settlers. Last week, at least five of these activists were injured as they were violently expelled by settlers. The attackers threw stones, used pepper spray and even hit this journalist in the chin with a stick.
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