By Maytaal Angel
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli prosecutors indicted two Jewish settlers on Thursday for what the indictment described as a terrorist assault on Palestinians in a flashpoint village in the occupied West Bank that has been a focus of international concern.
The suspects were among a group who, during the Jewish festival of Purim on March 6, attacked cars and their occupants in Huwara, Israel’s Shin Bet internal security service said.
It said the two, both men in their 20s, were indicted in Central District Court for grievous bodily harm – to which prosecutors added a terrorism designation – and vandalism.
Huwara was the scene of Feb. 26 rioting by settlers to avenge the killing of two Israeli brothers by a Palestinian gunman as they passed through in their car. A local Palestinian was shot dead and dozens of cars and homes were set alight during the rampage, over which Israel has conducted several arrests….
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