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Israeli settlers have found a new way to abuse Palestinian shepherds: Bankrupting them (www.haaretz.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This week police impounded 700 sheep, claiming they had passed through a forbidden zone. To retrieve the animals the shepherds paid 150,000 shekels ($40,000) to the settlers' regional council

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago

Ah, Israeli settlers. Real scum of the earth.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago

a new way? I'm pretty sure economic coercion has been a standard practice for forcing people off of their land since agriculture was discovered.