What is behind the surge in Israeli settler violence across the West Bank?

LONDON: Yusuf Kaabneh, 16, was shot dead during a raid by Israeli settlers on the Palestinian towns of Sinjil and Jiljilya in the central West Bank on May 13. It is not clear who killed him — the armed settlers themselves or the Israeli army, which stood by and watched until a handful of villagers tried to defend themselves by throwing stones, at which point the soldiers opened fire. Alternatively, the killer could have been a member of the local Hagana Merhavit militia, the “regional defense” units of settlers recruited and armed by the Israel Defense Forces.

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