00:00As Muslims around the world have been celebrating the holy festival of Eid al-Adha,
00:05Palestinians in the occupied West Bank say that rising settler violence has overshadowed the holiday.
00:11Meet the Palestinian shepherd, Samiha Rashid.
00:15Samiha says that settlers stole around 45 sheep from her family farm, which is near Hebron.
00:21That was an incident captured on CCTV.
00:23Well, she says the family's guard dogs had been stolen beforehand, so no alarm was raised.
00:29Well, the loss means that her family had no sheep to sacrifice for Eid and no income from selling the
00:35livestock.
00:35Well, she says she needed the money to help care for her husband, who has cancer.
00:40The Palestinian Ministry of Agriculture says that around 4,000 livestock have been stolen by settlers since the start of
00:56the year,
00:56and that's cost Palestinian farmers very heavily.
01:00Well, Samiha says that settlers also carry out near-daily attacks on villagers.
01:10Well, the Israeli opposition leader, Yair Lapid, has described such incidents as being Jewish terror and a national disgrace.
01:24I never thought that in my lifetime we will talk about Jewish terrorism, but this is Jewish terror.
01:29Well, most countries deem settlements to be illegal, though Israel disputes this, citing historical and biblical ties to the land.
01:37Tell us what you think in the comments down below.
01:41All right.
01:43We hope to hear that.
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