In recent years, settler terrorism against Palestinians has increased in their places of residence. The settlers´ incursions are no longer in remote areas of the Palestinian communities, but have reached the limit in the middle of the population centers in a step that is considered the most dangerous in the Palestinian conflict with the settlers and the occupation. .
Frequent terrorism
Samar Rayan, the mayor of Qarawat Bani Hassan said: "There was no settlers in the past burning barracks for sheep and the slogan line and damage to tires, this was not in the past, and today we see this terrorism frequently in the town of Qarawat Bani Hassan, in a week was attacked twice On the property and threatening the lives of citizens, before the wild pigs were threatening citizens, but today has been added to the terror of settlers in nearby settlements.
Azzam Mansour, 55, from Deir Istiya, said: "We expect the settlers to carry out several terrorist acts against farmers. We are in Deir Istia while going to Wadi Qana, where our lands pass through the main road used by the settlers and the occupation forces. This increases the risk to our lives." Every day we hear about a crime being committed. "
Said Zaidan, Mayor of Deir Istiya, says: "The farmers from the town of Derastia in the valley of Qana are estimated at 100 farmers guarding an area of ​​5,000 dunums, half the area of ​​the valley of Qana, which is estimated at 10,000 dunums. They live a rudimentary life. This is an indirect terrorism to expel them from the place, and direct terrorism is the settlers attacking farmers in their lands, and a few months ago a settler dared to possess a large sharp tool and tried to kill a farmer and his son and if not for the intervention of his neighbors and a number of farmers to kill the farms by the settler. ´´
The atmosphere of melancholy
In the house of the family of Aisha al-Rabi in the town of Bidya, the family lives in a sad atmosphere after settlers threw their vehicles when she was with her young daughter and husband.
Mohammed Shatat, 58, from Bidiya, a former prisoner who spent more than a decade in Israeli jails, says: "The crime of martyr Aisha al-Rabi shows that the settlers have moved from the square of commitment to their settlements and the fear of walking on the roads to the square of attacking Palestinians on the streets and inside." The houses, as happened with the Dawabshe family and the martyr Aisha Rabi, they want to embody the reality that they are the masters of the place and the owners of the house and have the first word. "
Old battle
Fawzi Ghanem, a 70-year-old elder from the village of Amatin, east of Qalqilya, said: "I have been fighting with the settlers since 191. They have not been able to confront us before. In the past, they were afraid of every farmer in his land, and they ran away immediately. ”
Dangerous development
"There is no doubt that there is a serious development on the ground by the settlers," said Mohammed Zaid, an expert on settlement issues. "They now feel that they have their own state. They have weapons and a security staff with technology. Their number has grown to more than half a million. For example, the settlement of Ariel, which has become a larger city than the city of Salfit in terms of population, area and economic power, although the age of Salfit does not compare with the age of the settlement of Ariel.
He added: "We are in front of a state of terrorist settlements suffocating the Palestinians in their land and homes."
