JANNATAH, WEST BANK – Ziva Sharp said her Jewish faith motivated her to travel from Jerusalem to the West Bank to stand up for Palestinians — a commitment that led to her being set upon by fellow Israelis also professing to be driven by Judaism.
Sharp and around 30 other activists are part of a small movement of Israelis, many of them religious Jews, who periodically go to the occupied West Bank with a mission to protect Palestinians under growing assault by violent settlers.
Last week, at least five of the activists were injured as settlers violently expelled them, throwing stones, unleashing pepper spray and injuring this journalist, who was hit in the chin with a stick.
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