Amira Hass : Otherwise occupied / Israel says beaten activists should blame themselves
Otherwise occupied / Israel says beaten activists should blame themselves ebx.sh Last Thursday the Jerusalem Magistrates Court held a preliminary and brief deliberation on a damages suit filed by three Ta’ayush activists against the state, on the grounds that soldiers and officers attacked them, arrested them on false pretenses and lied outright. The state denies the details described in the suit and claims that the activists themselves are to blame for the physical and psychological damage caused to them – or at the very least, share the blame. For nearly 15 years now Ta’ayush (“Living together”) activists have been accompanying Palestinian farmers and shepherds whom settlers, mainly in the southern West Bank, are making a concerted effort to expel from their lands. This is not the first time the activists have reported viol