Masked Palestinian villagers keep guard as they tighten night patrols against Jewish settler threats, at Qusra village near the West Bank city of Nablus August 10, 2015. REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini
QUSRA, West Bank (Reuters) - Armed men stopping cars at checkpoints in the West Bank are usually Israeli security forces policing the occupied territory, but in some areas they are Palestinian civilians patrolling their own villages.
Fears of attacks by far-right Jews have increased since a Palestinian man and his 18-month-old son were killed when their house in Duma village was set ablaze on July 31, giving the farmers-turned-volunteer watchmen a renewed sense of urgency.
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