[53949] Samaria Regional Council: Deliberate provocation at the ancient cemetery near Sa-Nur

The Samaria Regional Council responds to the events at Sa-Nur

Over this past weekend, a storm erupted surrounding activity at an ancient cemetery near the settlement of Sa-Nur. According to an official statement released by the Samaria Regional Council (a body representing Jewish settlement in Samaria that takes a firm line in its defense), minutes before the onset of the Sabbath, Arabs carried out a "premeditated provocation for media purposes" that included a burial in a cemetery that had not been in use for decades.

According to the council's version, as also published on the Elchanan Gruner, Political Arena, and News Arena channels, the incident ended with the perpetrators themselves removing the body from the grave after a short time. The council claims that this was a "disgusting and deliberate provocation intended to harm the legitimacy of the Jewish settlement in Sa-Nur," and that it was planned in advance to smear the name of the local residents and endanger their security.

The council emphasized that the cemetery has been in desolation for at least 10 to 20 years. According to them, the provocation was intended to create a future restriction on the development of the reviving settlement in Sa-Nur, all while making cynical use of a body. The council summarized the event with the words: "There are not two violent sides here. There is one violent, provocative, and barbaric side that harms the living and harms the dead."

As of this hour, Palestinian sources or international authorities have not responded to these claims within the source materials, which present a one-sided narrative on behalf of the Samaria Regional Council and supporters of the settlement movement.