Palestinians shield Israeli policewoman from rocks thrown by Jewish extremists

Palestinian men have shielded a female Israeli police officer from rocks thrown by Jewish extremists.

Shaul Golan, a photographer for Israel's Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper, captured the incident during clashes between Palestinian farmers and Israeli settlers in the illegal Israeli settlement of Esh Kodesh in the West Bank on Saturday.

The image appeared on social media amid increasing tensions between the settlers and Palestinians, following the burning to death of a baby in an attack by extremist Jewish extremists.

Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said that the two groups were throwing rocks at each other. They said when they arrived to break up the clashes, the settlers started throwing rocks at them too.

There were no reports of any the injuries.

One of the men helping to protect the officer is reported to be Zakaria Sadah, a Palestinian field worker for Israeli human rights organisation Rabbis for Human Rights (RHR).

RHR said in a statement: "Israeli authorities must act decisively and strongly against Jewish violence and terror."

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