of palestinian militant attacks, as well as a record rise in settler violence.half a million israeli settlers live in the west bank unot including eastjerusalem and the far right government has set a goal of doubling that number. yolande knell reports. fanning the flames of a bitter conflict. this year has seen a dramatic rise in violence and vandalism committed by radicaljewish settlers against palestinians in the occupied west bank. the palestinian village of burqa recently mourned a 19 year old, shot dead. locals say they had rushed to protect their farmland from armed settlers. in an unusually strong rebuke, the us called his killing jewish terrorism. his relative s afraid to show her face. no one knows who the next one will be, no one is going to protect us. if, and god forbid, there are any other confrontations or attacks,