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Al-Birah, Ramallah District: Settlers puncture tires of 36 cars and spray-paint slogans

Al-Birah, Ramallah District: Settlers puncture tires of 36 cars and spray-paint slogans

The slogan “Demolitions?? Jews don’t remain silent” sprayed by settlers, and one of the vandalized cars. Photo courtesy of neighborhood residents
The slogan “Demolitions?? Jews don’t remain silent” sprayed by settlers, and one of the vandalized cars. Photo courtesy of neighborhood residents

On 22 March 2022, around dawn, settlers entered the neighborhood of Qaratis in northern al-Birah and punctured the tires of 36 cars: all four in 33 cars, three tires in two cars, and two tires in one car. They also spray-painted the slogan “Demolitions?? Jews don’t remain silent” on the fence of a house and Stars of David on two cars.  

At around 1:00 P.M., five military jeeps arrived to confiscate footage of the incident captured by security cameras installed in the neighborhood. The soldiers found nothing, as the owners had turned the cameras off after the military confiscated footage of previous incidents in which settlers entered the neighborhood, punctured tires and spray-painted slogans, on 23 October 2019 and 9 January 2021. The soldiers left after about an hour.