The Israeli settlers always come at sunset, their approach sending the inhabitants of the remote farmsteads into a quiet panic.
They arrive on noisy off-road vehicles, on foot, sometimes on horseback. They throw stones, break windows, set fires and occasionally, residents end up in hospital from their savage beatings, or worse.
In Taybeh, the last entirely Christian town in the West Bank, The Telegraph witnessed an attack that pinned down a local Bedouin family for more than an hour last week.
The town, which is close to Ramallah, has been declared a “closed military zone” by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) after months of settler attacks. The Telegraph previously reported how the settlers had used leaf blowers to fan the flames they had set to intimidate the town’s Christian inhabitants.
Despite this IDF order, attacks continue unabated and the town is increasingly surrounded by illegal outposts built by Israeli settlers.
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Chapters
00:00 - Intro
00:30 - What is a closed military zone?
00:56 - Clash with a settler in Taybeh
01:50 - IDF claims settler is allowed in closed zone
03:46 - Last Christian town in the West Bank
05:18 - 'He can be here, you're forbidden'
06:04 - Israeli rabbi supporting Palestinians
07:04 - IDF tell journalists to back off in Qusra
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