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Settlers said to start fires by Palestinian’s West Bank home
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleJeremy Sharon is The Times of Israel’s legal affairs and settlements reporter
Fires have been lit outside the home of a Palestinian olive grower in the West Bank village of Burin.
The olive grower, Bashar Eid, says he saw settlers come from the illegal outpost of Givat Ronen, which lies on a hilltop just above Burin, and start the fires, and that “we fled for fear of being killed” when the settlers came from the outpost.
Eid says he has suffered repeatedly from attacks by settlers from nearby outposts and settlements, and has suffered physical injury at their hands, while his olive groves have also been repeatedly vandalized.
“I am in danger of being expelled or killed. What should I do?” he says.
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