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Sudetenland Tales
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The grandfather looked drained; his role as the leader of his household has taken its toll. “I cannot manage this situation,” he said.
If it is not the “settlers,” he said the Israeli Police is harassing the family; sometimes daily, often weekly.
“They come at night for checks all the time,” he said, describing how they pulled the house apart and separated the men from the women and children. “We don’t know what they are looking for, they never find anything.”
Despite the relentless threats and violence, when asked if he would move, he shook his head and said: “I will continue to live here. This is my land. This is my home, my future.”
Illegal actions given legitimacy
A report in December by Peace Now and Kerem Navot, Israeli based rights groups, said that “settlers,” with the backing of the Israeli military and government, have seized 14 per cent of the West Bank through establishing outposts and driving Palestinian farming communities out.
Yonatan Mizrachi, the co-director of Settlement Watch at Peace Now, said the levels of settler violence that has been seen since Oct 7th “cannot happen without government support,