'An attack can happen any second': My eyewitness testimony of rampant settler violence
Masked, mounted and armed with assault rifles: The village of Ras al-Ein offers a grim case study in how settler violence, facilitated by the police and the IDF, is part of a strategy to drive Palestinians out of the Jordan valley

02:06 PM • January 08 2026 IST
On December 17, I arrived at the village of Ras Ein al-Auja to join Unarmed Civilian Protection in Palestine for six weeks of full-time protective presence work. During protective presence, activists spend time in Palestinian communities, hoping to de-escalate the risk of settler and military violence, and document any incidents that do occur.




