Summary
Village near Ramallah in the West Bank, spelled “Deit Jarir” as printed in Magid Shihade’s article, whose 2006 Christian-Muslim family conflict is his third case and his one case from the 1967 territories: the Israeli military prevented a Palestinian Authority security detachment from reaching the village until calls from the American Embassy in Jerusalem allowed it to enter and stop attacks on property (Settler Colonialism and Conflict: The Israeli State and its Palestinian Subjects, PDF p.11 / printed p.118).
Details
- Deit Jarir is “located between area A (territory that is ‘controlled’ by the Palestinian Authority) and area C (territory controlled by Israel)” (Settler Colonialism and Conflict: The Israeli State and its Palestinian Subjects, PDF p.11 / printed p.118).
- “In that instance, it was a conflict between a Christian and Muslim family that escalated. Leaders from Deit Jarir called on the Palestinian Authority to intervene. The Palestinian Authority immediately sent a security detachment to Deit Jarir, but was unable to reach the village because the Israeli military prevented it from going further. It took calls from the American Embassy in Jerusalem to allow this force to enter the village and stop attacks against property. While no one was injured or killed, the attack produced extensive damage” (Settler Colonialism and Conflict: The Israeli State and its Palestinian Subjects, PDF p.11 / printed p.118).
- Shihade’s stated basis for this case is media reports and brief interviews with local witnesses and community leaders (Settler Colonialism and Conflict: The Israeli State and its Palestinian Subjects, PDF p.2 / printed p.109). The work gives no other spelling of the village’s name; see Open questions on the source page.
Related pages
Settler Colonialism and Conflict: The Israeli State and its Palestinian Subjects, West Bank, Palestinian Authority