and security forces in the flashpoint city of Hebron in the last seven months, human rights
groups said on Friday.
Dozens of cases in which Jewish settlers attacked Palestinians after they moved into a large Palestinian house last March are listed in a report published by B'Tselem and the Association for Civil Rights in Israel.
"Since the establishment of the new settlement in the a-Ras neighbourhood of Hebron there has been a noticeable increase in attacks by settlers and Israeli security forces on the neighborhood's Palestinian residents," the report said.
"Settler attacks include beatings, destruction of property, throwing of stones and eggs, hurling of refuse, urinating from the settlement building onto the street, and verbal abuse," it said.
It accused Israeli security forces of failing to intervene, and charged that they also increased abuse and violence against Palestinian residents after the Jewish settlers moved into the house in March.
"B'Tselem and ACRI have documented beatings, firing of blanks and threats of gunfire, property damage, blocking of passage, swearing, and racist comments by security forces," it said.
"Many Palestinians will be left no choice but to abandon the neighbourhood," the report said, urging Israel to evict the settlers immediately.
About 200 settlers moved into the three-storey building on the road between the southern West Bank city of Hebron and the Jewish settlement of Kiryat Arba.
Around 600 hardline settlers live in a tightly-guarded enclave in Hebron, which is also home to around 170,000 Palestinians. All Israeli settlements in the West Bank are illegal under international law.
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