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"What is happening today is the complete collapse of the community as a result of the settlers' continuous and repeated attacks," Farhan Jahaleen, a Bedouin from the village, told AFP in January.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

"Fear is natural," Brahim had told me, looking up at the ridge where tarpaulin flapped at the settlers' lookout post in front of a few caravans and makeshift homes.

From BBC • Aug. 18, 2025

In the book’s final chapter, on climate change, Selby juxtaposes early settlers’ primitive or nonexistent means of forecasting the weather with today’s mind-blowing technologies.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2024

He didn’t address questions about whether he intervened directly to unfreeze settlers’ accounts.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 5, 2024

Native American men and women were both largely excluded from voting in settlers’ elections because settlers didn’t recognize them as citizens.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler