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DESCRIPTION:After seizing the West Bank in 1967, Israel began to exert control by 
 encouraging Jews to settle it, and there are now more than 700,000 settlers 
 living in 150 illegal settlements and 128 outposts. Many are ideologically 
 motivated and believe they are doing God’s work by settling the land, 
 which entails ethnically cleansing the indigenous Palestinians. Over the 
 years, they have targeted Palestinians by throwing stones, setting fires to 
 homes and businesses, cutting down olive trees, damaging water 
 infrastructure and stealing or killing livestock. Settler violence has also 
 involved beatings and the shooting and killing of Palestinian civilians. 
 Now, with their far-right sponsors in the government, the world’s 
 attention focused on the ongoing genocide in Gaza, and the increasing 
 anti-Palestinian sentiment in Israel, they have sensed this is their moment 
 to step up the violence even further.\n\nSince October 7, the number of 
 violent settler attacks has increased seven-fold, and the consequences have 
 been devastating. Israelis have killed more than 600 Palestinians in the 
 West Bank and seized 37,000 acres of land. To date 18 communities have been 
 emptied.Richard reports on the situation among the Palestinian shepherds in 
 the isolated South Hebron hills, who are particularly vulnerable to these 
 attacks.\n\nRichard Hardigan is the author of The Other Side of the Wall: 
 An Eyewitness Account of the Occupation in Palestine and Why Did I Not Die 
 With My Family: The European Refugee Crisis. His work has appeared in Al 
 Jazeera, Huffington Post and other news outlets. His website is 
 richardhardigan.com.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/09/15/18869317.php
SUMMARY:Richard Hardigan - The Wild West Bank: Lawless Settlers
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URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/09/15/18869317.php
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