Entire Bedouin community flees West Bank hamlet after enduring repeated settler attacks [View all]

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An entire Bedouin community fled their village north of Jericho on Thursday night, succumbing to repeated attacks by Israeli settlers from surrounding illegal outposts, Peace Now reports.

Hundreds of Mu’arjat residents are now looking for a home elsewhere, the settlement watchdog says.

In recent months, settlers from nearby outposts routinely harassed Mu’arjat residents, blocking grazing, issuing threats, attacking people and stealing livestock, according to Peace Now.

On Wednesday, settlers established a new outpost several feet outside the community school. The family living nearby was forced to flee, and their property was looted, according to the watchdog.

Source : https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/entire-bedouin-community-flees-hamlet-after-enduring-repeated-settler-attacks/

Link to Peace Now settlement watch :
https://peacenow.org.il/en//category/settlements