“Israelis” Beat, Pour Boiling Water on Palestinian Worker

Local Editor, 05-04-2010

Monjed Besharat, 26, a Palestinian who works at "Keryat Shmoonah", was attacked by 3 "Israelis" who threw boiling water on his face causing him 3rd degree burning injuries.

Monjed said he had worked for 14 months in an industrial-area factory of the northern Israel border community, and was surprised last week when three "Israeli" residents of the community surrounded and began beating him with sticks.

"I was badly beaten to an extent where I lost my consciousness and only then I was taken to an unknown place and attacked by boiling water". He said

Besharat said he could not describe his attackers, but said he could tell by their voices that they were not fellow Palestinian workers like himself. "I am totally sure that they were Jewish," he said.

The doctors who treated Monjed confirmed the incident saying that he came to the hospital suffering from multiple serious injuries and 3rd degree burns.

They also treated burns on his face, shoulders, chest, neck and bruises on all his body, they asked him to stay at least for two weeks in the hospitals in order to get better.