Sherman

A missile just happened to land next to journalist Steve Sweeney in South Lebanon, according to the BBC We don't know where it was going or who fired it

This weekend, settlers in the West Bank committed one of the most horrific attacks imaginable on the West Bank community of Khirbet Humsa. Here is what happened: * A man was sexually assaulted in front of his bound family and the human rights activists present. His pants were pulled down, he was doused with water, and beaten brutally with clubs while curled on the ground * Women had their headscarves torn off and clothing ripped. Girls, including very young ones, were dragged outside and beaten * One settler threatened in Arabic to return, burn the houses, kill the children, and rape the women, saying this directly in front of women and children * A settler grabbed a 14-year-old girl and began slapping her while her mother watched, bound and unable to help * A settler threatened to take a woman's daughters to live with the settlers * The 74-year-old family elder was beaten in the head, hands and stomach by three settlers while a fourth destroyed security cameras, the router, and lights. He briefly lost consciousness and had water thrown on him to revive him * The two activists (American and Portuguese) were beaten with fists and clubs, handcuffed at hands and feet, and had their rings forcibly removed under threat of having their fingers broken. * The American activist's jacket was cut open with a knife and a settler began handling her belt buckle, leading her to believe she was about to be raped. The Portuguese activist was dragged by her ankles because she couldn't walk with her leg restraints. These people are absolute Nazis, given freedom to run rampant by the Israeli government. This is a policy to terrorize Palestinians into leaving their homes so settlers can take them.