Settler Crimes

Settler attacks are relentless in the Palestinian West Bank, from north to south. The escalation of these crimes is attributed to the direct support from Ben Gvir, Smotrich, and others in the occupation government, who provide financial and military backing and issue military decisions. These crimes would not occur without the direct protection of occupation soldiers who guard settler groups and provide them with security. Every attack they carry out, and every crime they commit, happens under the eyes of the soldiers and with instructions from ministers of the occupation government who lead the settlement movements. The support and protection for these evildoers are the real motive behind all the crimes committed. No agricultural field, livestock, poultry farms, forest or fruit trees, vehicles, or homes have been spared from looting, burning, and theft. There are many testimonies to this, most recently what happened the night before last in Beit Amrin, Burqa, and Huwara, and how they burned a health clinic and a house belonging to a family whose members miraculously survived. Had it not been for God's grace, they would have all perished. The life of the Palestinian citizen in the cities and villages of the West Bank is difficult to describe, facing the brutality of settlers who continue their rampage, and people find no one to protect them and relieve them of this savagery. On the ground, settlers armed with machine guns are under the protection of occupation soldiers, while the Palestinian citizen is unarmed and not allowed to defend themselves, their livelihood, their field, their children's sustenance, and their property, which is subjected to theft and looting by foreign settlers. In the face of this difficult reality, and while the regional war rages on several fronts, and with the continued suffering in Gaza which has not stopped even after the formation of the administrative committee and the so-called peace council, and as the suffering of people in the Palestinian West Bank and Jerusalem continues, with the increase in attacks and the level of crimes committed by settler gangs, in the absence of the required protection, and the escalation of feelings of fear and insecurity among citizens who are subjected to attacks every day. Here, the search for means and methods of protection to provide security and safety becomes an imperative necessity, and parties, factions, and the Authority with its components must work together to create a unified front to confront and deter these crimes that threaten the Palestinian human being. The suffering of people in Palestinian villages and towns due to these crimes is beyond description and words, as the circle of fear expands and the feeling of safety disappears amid repeated and continuous attacks without deterrence, which exacerbates the suffering of the residents and burdens them psychologically and economically, and no one provides them with protection, yet they continue to stand firm on their land and in their homes. In the face of these scenes, the question remains: who will provide them with protection? And how can they withstand armed gangs that attack them with burning, beating, and theft?