'Surrounded': Israel's new West Bank settlements bring chaos to Palestinians

Palestinian Amin Rahal and his three brothers haven't gone to work in weeks, instead taking turns guarding what remains of their land atop a West Bank hill from incursions by nearby settlers. "We never leave the place unless we have two people here," says Rahal, a 31-year-old father of three, pointing to the roof of a settler's newly installed prefabricated home 100 metres from his house. "They've stolen hens, land with olive trees, damaged the sage bush in our backyard with their ATVs, brought their sheep into our courtyard, and more," he told AFP. Last week, settlers from the newly inaugurated Israeli settlement of Emek Dotan just below his home put up a rope across his land and forbade him and his family from crossing it. A chicken farm and many olive trees stand on the other side of th