Palestinians tell of self-styled warlord’s brutal reign across whole of Jabal Salman valley – and he is one of many
“Call me Yakov,” the burly, red-bearded settler told the Palestinian villagers who lived in his shadow. They should, it was understood, consider him their mukhtar, their chief, mayor and sheriff.
It was only after he was singled out for sanctions by the US government last week that they learned his real name: Yitzhak Levi Filant.
