West Bank Settler Beats Chained Dog in Viral Video as 18-Month-Old Lucy Screams

1 articles · Updated · The New York Times · May 22

A viral video from Atara in the occupied West Bank shows an Israeli settler striking Lucy—an 18-month-old Belgian Malinois—over the head with clubs while she is chained to an olive tree.
The footage, recorded by the Palestinian family that owns the dog, captured Lucy trying to scramble away in pain but unable to escape because she had been tied up in the shade on a hot afternoon.
The attack has shocked Palestinians even in an area where settler violence is described as routine, including beatings and shootings of residents, theft of sheep, and the torching of cars and homes.
Atara had already faced pressure aimed at pushing Palestinians off their land, part of a broader pattern in which extremist settlers seek to shrink Arab presence and expand Jewish settlement with little accountability.

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