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"With a 300 percent+ increase in settler violence of the past five years and nearly 2.7 incidents per day in 2011, settler violence presents a daily challenge to Palestinians."
Increasing Israeli setter violence directly and consistently threatens Palestinian civilians and their property.
From 2010 - 2011, incidents increased 39%. From 2007 - 2011, it's up 315%. Over the same period, Palestinian violence decreased 95%.
Geographically dispersed West Bank violence is shifting. Earlier, incidents occurred mostly in southern areas. In recent years, northern locations are increasingly targeted.
Incidents peak seasonally during olive harvest. Working in olive groves makes Palestinians easy targets.
Arson attacks are increasing in numbers and frequency. In 2005, they represented about 6% of attacks. In 2011, they rose to 11%.
The vast majority of settler attacks are structurally related to occupation. Greater number of settlers increase their frequency.
PC's data comes mainly from Palestine Monitoring Group (PMG) reports. It's an "inter-agency group of Palestinian civilian ministries and security agencies."
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