Settler violence impacts the daily routine of Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian territory. In first person brings the testimonies of Palestinians in their own words as documented by Yesh Din since 2005, describing the violence and ongoing harm to their person, property and land by Israeli settlers in the West Bank. In first person also illustrates Israeli authorities’ inadequate investigation of incidents and treatment of perpetrators when the victims of offences are Palestinian.
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Cutting down of 33 olive trees, 25 years old
al-Mughayir (Ramallah)

Damage to property
Torching of a mosque and spraying offensive slogans
Jaba' (Al-Quds)

Damage to property
Cutting down 300 olive trees and spraying offensive slogans
Turmusaya (Ramallah)

Damage to property
Forty olive trees cut down
Jinsafut (Qalqilya)

Damage to property
One hundred fruit trees cut down
Jit (Qalqilya)

Damage to property
Building the outpost Amona on private land
Silwad (Ramallah)

Takeover of land
Damage to sixty young olive trees and a well
Tell (Nablus)

Damage to property
Prevention of access to land and armed threats
al-Khader (Bethlehem)

Takeover of land
Israeli DCO officer: “The settlers are angry, you can only wor...
Sinjil (Ramallah)

Violence
Torching and burning of thousands of olive trees
Tell (Nablus)

Damage to property