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Al-Funduqumiya, West Bank — On March 21, a Palestinian vehicle collided with an ATV near the village of Beit Imrin in the West Bank, killing the ATV driver.
Had it not been for the fact that the driver of the ATV was 18-year-old Yehuda Sherman of...
The incident in al-Funduqumiya is an example of the escalating violence between Israeli settlers and Palestinians in the West Bank. The "price tag" attacks, carried out by Israeli settlers in response to perceived threats against their communities or settlement expansion efforts, have increased since 2005 when Israel unilaterally withdrew from Gaza and parts of the West Bank, including four northern West Bank settlements. The repeal of parts of the disengagement law in 2023 has allowed for the r...