How a Palestinian town is defending itself from Israeli settler attacks

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In the occupied West Bank town of Sinjil, Palestinians have organized grassroots volunteer patrols to defend against Israeli settler attacks amid perceived inaction by Israeli military and government. This reflects ongoing settler violence and tensions in the region.

By Pesha Magid SINJIL, West Bank, July 9 (Reuters) - On a cool night in June, some 15 Palestinians from the town of Sinjil in the occupied West Bank gathered on a hilltop to watch the shadowed valleys below for any sign of movement that might signal an impending Israeli settler attack. They are part of a grassroots volunteer group — similar to others in the West Bank — that has stepped in to defend the town from rising settler violence that Palestinians say the Israeli military and their own government have proved unable or unwilling to prevent.