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, our government cannot legally do anything. israel has full control over 60% of the west bank and its soldiers protect hundreds of thousands of settlers.