A Settler Assaults 2 Palestinian Women in al-Quds

TEHRAN – Two Palestinian women pressed charges against an Israeli man after being assaulted in Al-Quds.

Layali al-Sayyad, 23, and Anwar Abu Rmooz, 21, told the official Palestinian Maan News Agency that they were attacked by an Israeli man in his twenties while buying a ticket for the Al-Quds light rail near the central bus station in West Al-Quds.

The man reportedly asked the women in both Arabic and Hebrew whether he could help them, before swearing at them and punching al-Sayyad in the face, causing her to pass out.

The man then attacked Abu Rmooz and assaulted a member of the light rail security staff. Both women, who are from the al-Tur neighborhood, suffered a broken nose and bruising to their eyes and face.

In February, a group of Jewish women attacked a Palestinian woman while she was waiting at a light rail station in Al-Quds, beating her severely.

The women asked if she was Arab before spitting on her and physically attacking her.

Weeks later, a group of Jewish youths in “Tel Aviv” assaulted a Palestinian after asking whether he was Arab.

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