Answer of Ihab Hassane

" Ihab Hassan @IhabHassane I'm glad you visited Taybeh yourself, despite the Israeli sign warning you that it was dangerous to be there. You found out for yourself that it isn't. You walked in and left in peace.

As for the graffiti of an M16 with "Fatah al-Asifa": how does that prove the village isn't peaceful? Can you point to a single case of people from Taybeh killing or attacking anyone? You walked through Taybeh and faced no violence. Yet you chose to present a piece of old graffiti as proof of a threat, ignoring the reality you saw with your own eyes.

What you left out is that Taybeh has been under attack by Israeli settler terrorists for more than a year. They have driven families from their homes, seized the village's quarry, surrounded it with illegal outposts, and taken over more than 70% of its land. Now they are blocking residents from reaching their olive groves during the harvest.

Your own photos show an iron gate, another tool the Israeli army uses to control residents' movement and squeeze them.

Since you were there, I wish you had listened to the people of Taybeh. You could have asked why they can't reach their land for the olive harvest, and how badly their families are struggling because of it. You could have documented what settlers are doing to them. Instead, your post centers on an Israeli warning sign and a piece of old graffiti that proves nothing.

And if graffiti concerns you, I can point you to more than 50 Palestinian villages and towns where settlers sprayed hateful slogans on walls after setting homes on fire, sometimes beside a Star of David. I haven't seen you express any concern about that.

This selective outrage and coverage make your post deeply dishonest. It ignores the violence residents face while presenting a peaceful village as a threat.

Taybeh is one of the most peaceful villages in the West Bank. The threat isn't from Taybeh. It's against Taybeh, from Israeli settler terrorists. That is the truth. https://savewestbankchristians.com"