Editing Lynching (section)

===Palestine and Israel===
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Palestinian lynch mobs have murdered [[Palestinians]] suspected of collaborating with [[Israel]].<ref>Be'er, Yizhar & 'Abdel-Jawad, Saleh (January 1994), [http://www.btselem.org/Download/199401_Collaboration_Suspects_Eng.doc "Collaborators in the Occupied Territories: Human Rights Abuses and Violations"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040715191230/http://www.btselem.org/Download/1994_Collaborators_Eng.rtf |date=July 15, 2004 }} ([[Microsoft Word]] document), B'Tselem – The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories. Retrieved September 14, 2009. Also .</ref><ref>Huggler, Justin & Ghazali, Sa'id (October 24, 2003), "Palestinian collaborators executed", ''The Independent'', [http://www.fromoccupiedpalestine.org/node.php?id=944 reproduced] on fromoccupiedpalestine.org. Retrieved September 14, 2009.</ref><ref>Goldenberg, Suzanne (March 15, 2002), [https://www.theguardian.com/israel/Story/0,2763,667591,00.html {{"'}}Spies' lynched as Zinni flies in"], ''The Guardian''. Retrieved September 14, 2009.</ref> According to a [[Human Rights Watch]] report from 2001:
{{blockquote|During the [[First Intifada]], before the [[Palestinian Authority|PA]] was established, hundreds of alleged collaborators were lynched, tortured or killed, at times with the implied support of the [[Palestine Liberation Organization|PLO]]. Street killings of alleged collaborators continue into the [[Second Intifada|current intifada]] ... but at much fewer numbers.<ref>[https://www.hrw.org/reports/2001/pa/isrpa1101-04.htm "Balancing Security and Human Rights During the Intifada"], [https://www.hrw.org/reports/2001/pa/index.htm ''Justice Undermined: Balancing Security and Human Rights in the Palestinian Justice System''], Human Rights Watch, November 2001, Vol. 13, No. 4 (E).</ref>}}

On October 12, 2000, the [[2000 Ramallah lynching|Ramallah lynching]] took place. This happened at the [[el-Bireh]] police station, where a [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] crowd killed and mutilated the bodies of two [[Israel Defense Forces]] [[reservist]]s, Vadim Norzhich (Nurzhitz) and Yosef "Yossi" Avrahami,{{efn|Vadim Nurzhitz, {{langx|ru|Вадим Нуржиц}}, {{langx|he|ואדים נורז'יץ}}, Yossi Avrahami, {{langx|he|יוסי אברהמי}}}} who had accidentally<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4942631,00.html|title=2000 Ramallah lynch terrorist released from prison|date=March 30, 2017|newspaper=Ynetnews|last1=Zitun|first1=Yoav|last2=Levy|first2=Elior}}</ref> entered the [[Palestinian National Authority|Palestinian Authority]]-controlled city of [[Ramallah]] in the [[West Bank]] and were taken into custody by Palestinian Authority policemen. The Israeli reservists were beaten and stabbed. At this point, a Palestinian (later identified as Aziz Salha), appeared at the window, displaying his blood-soaked hands to the crowd, which erupted into cheers. The crowd clapped and cheered as one of the soldier's bodies was then thrown out the window and stamped and beaten by the frenzied crowd. One of the two was shot, set on fire, and his head beaten to a pulp.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4570672.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526210520/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4570672.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 26, 2015|title='I'll have nightmares for the rest of my life,' photographer says|quote=I got out of the car to see what was happening and saw that they were dragging something behind them. Within moments they were in front of me and, to my horror, I saw that it was a body, a man they were dragging by the feet. The lower part of his body was on fire and the upper part had been shot at, and the head beaten so badly that it was a pulp, like red jelly.|work=Chicago Sun-Tribune|access-date=June 7, 2018|date=October 22, 2000}}</ref> Soon after, the crowd dragged the two mutilated bodies to [[Al-Manara Square]] in the city center and began an impromptu victory celebration.<ref name="revenge">{{cite news |title=A day of rage, revenge and bloodshed |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/1370229/A-day-of-rage%2C-revenge-and-bloodshed.html |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20171014065726/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/1370229/A-day-of-rage-revenge-and-bloodshed.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 14, 2017 |date=October 13, 2000 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=July 2, 2009 |location=London |first=Alan |last=Philps}}</ref><ref name="Italy">{{cite web |title=Coverage of Oct 12 Lynch in Ramallah by Italian TV Station RAI |url=http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2000/10/Coverage%20of%20Oct%2012%20Lynch%20in%20Ramallah%20by%20Italian%20TV |date=October 17, 2000 |publisher=[[Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] |access-date=July 2, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100418160039/http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2000/10/Coverage%20of%20Oct%2012%20Lynch%20in%20Ramallah%20by%20Italian%20TV |archive-date=April 18, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="brutal">{{cite news |title=Lynch mob's brutal attack|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/969778.stm |date=October 13, 2000|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=September 3, 2006}}</ref><ref name="voice">{{cite news |title=A strange voice said: I just killed your husband|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/a-strange-voice-said-i-just-killed-your-husband-635341.html |date=October 14, 2000|work=[[The Independent]]|access-date=October 16, 2009 |location=London |first=Raymond |last=Whitaker}}</ref> Police officers proceeded to try and confiscate footage from reporters.<ref name="revenge"/>

On October 18, 2015, an Eritrean asylum seeker, Haftom Zarhum, was lynched by a mob of vengeful Israeli soldiers in [[Be'er Sheva]]'s central bus station. Israeli security forces misidentified Haftom as the person who shot an Israeli police bus and shot him. Moments after, other security forces joined shooting Haftom when he was bleeding on the ground. Then, a soldier hit him with a bench nearby when two other soldiers approached the victim then forcefully kicked his head and upper body. Another soldier threw a bench over him to prevent his movement. At that moment a bystander pushed the bench away, but the security forces put back the chair and kicked the victim again and pushed the stopper away. Israeli medical forces did not evacuate the victim until eighteen minutes after the first shooting although the victim received 8 shots.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-police-asylum-seeker-was-also-shot-by-border-policeman-1.5413332|title=Slain Eritrean Asylum Seeker Was Also Shot by Border Policeman, Police Say|date=October 26, 2015|website=Haaretz.com}}</ref> In January 2016 four security forces were charged in connection with the lynching.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/01/13/middleeast/israel-charges-eritrean-migrant-beating/index.html|title=Israel: 4 charged over 'lynching' of Eritrean migrant|first1=Tim|last1=Hume|first2=Michael|last2=Schwartz|website=Cnn.com|date=January 13, 2016}}</ref> The Israeli civilian who was involved in lynching the Eritrean civilian was sentenced to 100 days community service and 2,000 shekels.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-man-involved-in-lynching-of-innocent-asylum-seeker-is-sentenced-1.6243033|title=Israeli Man Involved in Lynching of Asylum Seeker Sentenced to 100 Days Community Service|date=July 4, 2018|website=Haaretz.com}}</ref>

In August 2012, seven Israeli youths were arrested in Jerusalem for what several witnesses described as an attempted lynching of several Palestinian teenagers. The Palestinians received medical treatment and judicial support from Israeli facilities.<ref>"[https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/21/world/middleeast/7-israelis-held-in-attack-on-palestinians-in-jerusalem.html?pagewanted=all Young Israelis Held in Attack on Arabs]". ''The New York Times''. August 20, 2012.</ref>

In March 2025, Hamdan Ballal, a Palestinian co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, was beaten by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank before being detained by Israeli forces. According to his co-director Yuval Abraham and witnesses, the Israeli military stated it was investigating the incident.<ref>{{Cite news |title='No Other Land' co-director attacked by Israeli settlers and arrested |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/24/no-other-land-co-director-attacked-by-israeli-settlers-and-arrested |work=Al Jazeera |date=March 24, 2025 |access-date=March 25, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Usher |first1=Sebastian |last2=Mackintosh |first2=Thomas |date=March 25, 2025 |title=Palestinian Oscar winner Hamdan Ballal held by Israeli soldiers after attack by settlers, activists say |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0eg04d152zo |work=BBC |access-date=March 25, 2025}}</ref>