Defense Minister Amir Peretz
hasordered Wednesday an immediate and thorough investigation following Ynet’s report on the harassment of a Palestinian family in Hebron at the hands of Jewish settlers.
Peretz, who saw the footage and heard first-hand accounts from members of the Abu Aisha family, spoke with IDF Southern Command Chief Yair Naveh and instructed him to launch an investigation into the incident “that shamed Israel,” according to him.
Taiseer Abu- Aisha, 43, told Ynet following the release of the video that he had filed between 200 and 300 complaints in recent years, but police did nothing to stop the harassing.
“The cage you see in the video is where we live,” he said. “Not once do we open the door and not hear curse words or get stones and eggs thrown at us,” he said. “The latest fashion during this cold winter – the settlers spray us with cold water using a big fire hose located near the house.”
Abu- Aisha said “hell” is not a strong enough word to describe what his family is going through.
The video, filmed by 16-year-old Raja Abu Aisha and obtained by B’Tselem, depicts a confrontation with a haredi woman from the “Ramat Yishai” neighborhood in Tel-Rumeda.
Members of the Abu Aisha family claimed that the quarrel was just one example of the suffering they endure on a daily basis.