>> THE CAME IN BROAD DAYLIGHT ABOUT A DOZEN SETTLERS SETTING
FIRE TO OLIVE TREES IN THE VILLAGE OF BURKE. A ONE OF 1000
DOCUMENTED ATTACKS IN THE OCCUPIED WEST BANK. RESIDENTS
SAY VIOLENCE FROM SETTLEMENTS ILLEGAL UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW
HAS EXPLODED SINCE OCTOBER 7.
>> THAT PUT THE FIRES SOME FUNDING HERE OF THE TIMING.
HIM SOME TIME FOR THAT THE THAT IT IS.
>> BURKA MAYOR CYLE CONDON SAYS THE WAR IN GAZA.
>> HAS MADE A BAD SITUATION WORSE. WHY DO YOU THINK IT'S
INCREASE SINCE OCTOBER 7TH? WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS?
BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOW A HUGE EXCUSE FOR THEM TO DO WHAT THE
PLAN I FEEL BOTH GONE NOW IS SUBJECT OLD BLEND. 2 OF THE
BOOK THAT LOT SOLD BUT A SHOT AND THE CITIZEN TO MOVE OUT OF
THE DITCH.
>> HE SAYS MEN FROM ONE OF 5 SETTLEMENTS AROUND BURQA ALSO
KILLED SHEEP JOINED BY OTHERS TORCHING CARS AND BARNES IN
REGULAR ATTACKS. IN ADDITION TO ATTACKING FARMS AND KILLING
LIVESTOCK. SELLERS HAVE STORM THIS VILLAGE AND DAMAGED
RESIDENTS, PERSONAL PROPERTY. THEY SET FIRE TO ABOUT 50 CARS
HERE IN AN ATTACK LAST APRIL.
ACCORDING TO THE UNITED NATIONS, 553 PALESTINIANS HAVE
BEEN KILLED BY THE ISRAELI MILITARY AND SETTLERS IN THE
WEST BANK SINCE OCTOBER 7TH. WHILE 15 ISRAELIS HAVE DIED,
ISRAEL'S FAR-RIGHT GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO SEIZE MORE LAND
FOR SETTLEMENTS, CONSIDERED ILLEGAL BY THE UN AND
COUNTRIES, INCLUDING THE U.S. LAND DEEMED ESSENTIAL FOR A
FUTURE PALESTINIAN STATE.
SOME SETTLERS HAVE DIRECTLY CONFRONT A JOURNALIST REPORTING
ON THE VIOLENCE LIKE OUR CREW IN DECEMBER NEAR HEBRON.
OUT THAT THE CAMERA.
>> GET INTO THE CAR NOW.
>> YOU WHO DON'T HAVE COVID AND A SOLAR FROM THE FIELD NEAR
R******* AGREED TO SPEAK TO US IN JERUSALEM. HE DENIED
WITNESSING ACT OF VIOLENCE BUT SAYS THE WEST BANK IS JEWISH
LAND.
>> THE ONLY METHOD OF RESISTANCE WE FIGURED OUT SO
FAR
IS TO CREATE AS MANY JEWISH COMMUNITIES AS WE CAN. SO YOU
SAY YOU WOULD NEVER LEAVE THE WEST BANK KNOW, AND I'M AND I'M
WILLING I'M WILLING TO FIGHT THE STATE.
>> FOR PALESTINIANS, THESE WORDS MEAN MORE DISPLACEMENT,
VIOLENCE AND OCCUPATION.
LAST NOVEMBER, I VISITED THE HOME OF BILL ALSO LAST FAMILY
IN THE PALESTINIAN VILLAGE OF SO WE
A STREET VENDOR KILLED BY A SETTLER FROM THE NEARBY
SETTLEMENT OF REALLY HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW MOON. A
HEARTBROKEN THEN STILL CAN'T STOP THE TEARS MORE THAN HALF A
YEAR LATER, I'M GOING TO LIE ON EVERY DAY THAT PASSES ARE
YEARNING FOR HIM INCREASES. SHE SAYS ON THE SAME ROOF.
TOP WE FILM FROM LAST NOVEMBER ALLOWS COUSIN MOHAMMAD SAYS
LIFE HAS GOTTEN MUCH HARDER SINCE OCTOBER. 7TH, EVEN
HARVESTING THEIR OWN LAND IS NOW OFF LIMITS. BUT THAT IS
YOUR LAND. I MEAN, IT'S THE VILLAGE'S LAND.
>> THIS IS THE LOGIC. YEAH, THIS IS WHAT LOGIC SAYS.
BUT HE AND WE DON'T HAVE A LOOK. WE HAVE A POWER POLE IS
THIS AND WE CANNOT DO ANYTHING WITH WITH A LOT OF LAND.
>> THE SUSPECT AND ALLOWS KILLING AN OFF-DUTY SOLDIER WAS
BRIEFLY DETAINED AND LATER RELEASED THE IDF TOLD NBC THEY
WILL NOT COMMENT ON AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION.
>> EVEN WHEN PALESTINIANS USE THE JUDICIAL PROCEDURES WHEN
THEY USE AND LAW AND FIND A CASE AGAINST SETTLERS OR
AGAINST THE STATE IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE PROTECTION TO GO
BACK TO THE LANDS AND TO THAT HOMES, THIS IS THE TRADITION
SYSTEM SEEMS ALSO COMPLICIT, INCREASED FUNDING THESE
HEARINGS NOT PUSHING THE STATE TO PROVIDE PROTECTION FOR THE
FAMILIES.
>> BACK IN BURQA, RESIDENTS HAVE INSTALLED MEDAL GUARDS ON
THEIR WINDOWS AFTER ROCK THROWING ATTACKS BY SETTLERS
IN THE DESERTED TOWN SQUARE. WE ONLY SAW A FEW VILLAGERS OUT
IN THE SUMMER HEAT.
MANY STAYING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS IN FEAR OF THE NEXT
ASSAULT HOLIDAY. RONNIE, NBC NEWS BURQA IN THE WEST BANK