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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Sawing and cutting down of three hundred olive trees
al-Mazra'ah al-Qibliyah (Ramallah)

Damage to property
“There is no police! I’m the police!”
Yanun (Nablus)

Violence
Trespassing and takeover of land
Hebron (Hebron)

Takeover of land
“I’m protecting the land of Israel so get out of here”
Kafr Qadum (Qalqilya)

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

Damage to property
Littering farmland with construction waste and trash
Turmusaya (Ramallah)

Takeover of land
Shooting and killing of sheep and a donkey
Burin (Nablus)

Violence
Uprooting three hundred vegetable plants and damage to farming...
Um al-Kheir (Hebron)

Takeover of land
Uprooting of thirty olive saplings
Kafr Thulth (Qalqilya)

Damage to property
Theft of 400 kgs of olives and farming equipment
Jinsafut (Qalqilya)

Damage to property
