In West Bank, wave of settler violence creating feel of a war zone
After years of scattered pinpoint attacks, Israeli settler violence this week enveloped the West Bank and struck larger communities.
From Nablus to Jericho to Bethlehem to the edge of Ramallah, deadly attacks by far-right settlers hit towns and villages, killing four Palestinians, wounding dozens, and grinding life in the West Bank to a halt.
The wave of violence, which followed the disappearance and death of a 14-year-old Israeli settler, a shepherd, comes as the Palestinian Authority warns it is struggling to keep the peace.
The PA is calling for international intervention to prevent a “collapse” of order and an uncontrollable spiral of violence.
Palestinians say the violence is leaving them feeling abandoned in a war zone, unable to defend themselves and disillusioned with what they
