The night watch: Palestinians protecting their homes from settler pogroms

In al-Mughayyir, near Ramallah, 32-year-old Abdul Rahman Jabr has surrounded his home with barbed wire and an iron fence after repeated settler attacks, including the burning of his vehicle and the smashing of his windows. Settlers came onto his property seven times in the past week, forcing him to miss work to protect his wife and their two-year-old daughter. He says neighbours have also installed fences after appeals for protection went unanswered. In Sinjil, Palestinians are taking night-watch shifts amid a rise in settler attacks across the West Bank since October 2023.