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Settler outposts spread among West Bank villages and fuel fear of more attacks
Settlers launched an average of eight attacks daily during October's olive harvest, while Israeli investigations into such violence dropped sharply, with only 3% leading to convictions.
- The olive harvest in the West Bank has been marked by violence from Israeli settlers, with an average of eight attacks daily on Palestinians, including burning cars, desecrating mosques, and destroying cropland.
- A Palestinian grandmother, Afaf Abu Alia, was beaten unconscious with a spiky club by a settler while harvesting olives, leading to the arrest of the settler on terrorism charges.
- The threat of violence is reinforced by the outpost Emek Shilo, established this year on private Palestinian land, leading to Abdel Nasser Awwad halting construction of a new family home.
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Independent EspañolBy JULIA FRANKEL TURMUS AYYA, West Bank (AP) — Fear is palpable in this Palestinian people. It is evident in the way farmers pick up their crops quickly, in how they look at the valley in search of movement, in how they dare not stray along certain roads. At any time, they say, armed Israeli settlers could descend. “In a matter of minutes, they communicate on the phone. They meet and surprise you,” said Yasser Alkam, a Palestinian-American lawye…
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Settler outposts spread among West Bank villages and fuel fear of more attacks
Palestinians in the West Bank are living in fear of more attacks by armed Israeli settlers. In recent months, villagers say, the town of Turmus Ayya has weathered near-daily assaults by settlers.
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