How a Palestinian town is defending itself from Israeli settler attacks
Residents say settler violence has killed 2 people and displaced more than 100 since October 2023, pushing the municipality to organize its own protection.
- On a cool night in June, Palestinians from Sinjil in the occupied West Bank gathered on a hilltop to monitor for potential settler attacks, using searchlights and community WhatsApp groups to coordinate patrols.
- Mayor Moataz Tawafsha says Israeli military restrictions closed four of five entrances to Sinjil, cutting residents off from roughly 2,000 acres of privately owned land. He stated, "We really feel as if we are living in a collective prison."
- Following a Molotov cocktail attack, Abed Foqahaa built metal bars and a fence around his home. "The fire broke out and we couldn't control it," said Foqahaa, describing the attack that occurred around two years ago.
- Volunteer Fadi Alwan stated that settlers are "supported by their government," framing the violence as systematic rather than isolated incidents. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and others sharing his ideology are expanding settlements across the West Bank.
- This conflict represents a struggle between two visions of Israel: one democratic and liberal, the other messianic and supremacist. Democratic Israel may be the final casualty if this ideological war continues unchecked.
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Palestinian town stands up against Israeli settler attacks
ON a cool night in June, some 15 Palestinians from the town of Sinjil in the occupied West Bank gathered on a hilltop to watch the shadowed valleys below for any sign of movement that might signal an impending Israeli settler attack.
These Palestinian families in the West Bank have barricaded themselves inside their homes to survive Israeli settler attacks
Twelve Palestinian families in the northern West Bank have barricaded themselves in their homes to protect against ongoing settler attacks as Israel moves to assert total control over the occupied territory.
How Palestinians in Sinjil are organising to resist settler attacks?
Residents of the Palestinian town of Sinjil in the occupied West Bank say they have been forced to organise volunteer patrols and night watches to defend their community against growing attacks by Israeli settlers. Groups of local volunteers gather on hilltops overlooking the town, using searchlights and community WhatsApp groups to monitor nearby valleys and […] The post How Palestinians in Sinjil are organising to resist settler attacks? appea…
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