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VIDEO: Settlers tie Palestinian man to phone pole and beat him - Haaretz - Israel News

VIDEO: Settlers tie Palestinian man to phone pole and beat him - Haaretz - Israel News: "A group of West Bank settlers on Saturday beat a 31-year-old Palestinian man in the southern Hebron Hills, after having tied him to a telephone pole.

Left-wing activists later videoed a settler kicking Madahat Abu-Kirash, the victim, as he remained tied up and was surrounded by Israeli security forces. The soldiers subsequently removed the settler from the scene.

Hebron police opened an investigation into the incident after Abu-Kirash submitted a complaint, claiming that he had been beaten all over his body."

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