But the so-called guard of the Yitzhar settlement, which hosts some of the most violent settlers in the West Bank, prevented Palestinians from doing so by firing shots into the air to force them to leave. Earlier this month, Israel’s housing ministry published implementation plans for construction of a new neighborhood in a settlement southeast of Ramallah – the seat of the Palestinian Authority in the occupied West Bank. Schulkind said when the Israeli military then arrived, it became clear that it “had no interest in deterring the settlers, and they were there to essentially support the settlers in preventing the Palestinian farmers from accessing their land rights.”
Author: Tamara Nassar
Published at: 2025-11-10 23:31:04
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