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Is a western “protective presence” helpful in deterring settler violence and Israeli expansion? 🔹Journalist Jasper Nathaniel says settlers are less likely to use lethal force with an international sticking a camera in their face, citing the round-the-clock activist presence at Umm al-Khair. 🔹Fadi Quran, Palestinian human rights activist based... show more

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🎥 “People are aware that what happened in Gaza is coming to the West Bank.” Palestinian human rights advocate Fadi Quran issued the warning during a Zeteo town hall, saying settler attacks are not isolated violence, but occurring with state participation. “They’re training to commit ethnic cleansing,” he said, describing raids in which settlers and Israeli soldiers practice entering and burning villages so they can eventually “completely wipe out and push out Palestinians.” He said Ben-Gvir’s threat to treat West Bank communities like Beit Hanoun in Gaza, and Smotrich’s redesign of roads and infrastructure are putting Palestinians in “smaller and smaller cages to make the coming genocide easier.” “It’s all one system of genocidal terror,” Quran said. Fadi Quran | Mehdi Hasan | Zeteo

🎥 “People are aware that what happened in Gaza is coming to the West Bank.” Palestinian human rights advocate Fadi Quran issued the warning during a Zeteo town hall, saying settler attacks are not isolated violence, but occurring with state participation. “They’re training to commit ethnic cleansing,” he said, describing raids in which settlers and Israeli soldiers practice entering and burning villages so they can eventually “completely wipe out and push out Palestinians.” He said Ben-Gvir’s threat to treat West Bank communities like Beit Hanoun in Gaza, and Smotrich’s redesign of roads and infrastructure are putting Palestinians in “smaller and smaller cages to make the coming genocide easier.” “It’s all one system of genocidal terror,” Quran said. Fadi Quran | Mehdi Hasan | Zeteo

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On a podcast with Israeli settler activist Elisha Yered, right-wing journalist Tamir Dorstel says settlers deliberately "initiate friction" with Palestinians as a strategy for expanding Jewish presence in the occupied West Bank, Elisha confirms saying: "We are proud of it."

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Settlers From Within

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Today at DAG, we heard directly from American journalist Jasper Nathaniel, who has been documenting the escalating brutality in the West Bank. On October 19, while covering an assault on Palestinian farmers in Turmus Ayya, he was stoned by settlers and had his car window smashed with a club. Nathaniel has reported clear coordination between settlers and the IDF and continues to expose the daily violence Palestinians endure under occupation.

Today at DAG, we heard directly from American journalist Jasper Nathaniel, who has been documenting the escalating brutality in the West Bank. On October 19, while covering an assault on Palestinian farmers in Turmus Ayya, he was stoned by settlers and had his car window smashed with a club. Nathaniel has reported clear coordination between settlers and the IDF and continues to expose the daily violence Palestinians endure under occupation.

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Israeli forces demolished a Palestinian home in the occupied West Bank, citing lack of a permit for the home. Human Rights Watch says demolitions and forced displacement are rising with settler violence, and 2026 is on track to surpass last year’s two‑decade high in attacks.

Israeli forces demolished a Palestinian home in the occupied West Bank, citing lack of a permit for the home. Human Rights Watch says demolitions and forced displacement are rising with settler violence, and 2026 is on track to surpass last year’s two‑decade high in attacks.

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An Israeli settler armed with a club raided a Palestinian home in Al-Fakhit, draining their water tanks in the remote village of Masafer Yatta, in the southern occupied West Bank. The settler is backed by Israeli occupation forces. If called upon, the Palestinians are the ones likely to be blamed and arrested instead. Settlers enjoy complete immunity to harass and vandalize Palestinian property in the area, aiming to force them out and build settlements on their land.

An Israeli settler armed with a club raided a Palestinian home in Al-Fakhit, draining their water tanks in the remote village of Masafer Yatta, in the southern occupied West Bank. The settler is backed by Israeli occupation forces. If called upon, the Palestinians are the ones likely to be blamed and arrested instead. Settlers enjoy complete immunity to harass and vandalize Palestinian property in the area, aiming to force them out and build settlements on their land.

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One year ago, an Israeli settler shot and killed the Palestinian activist Awdah Hathaleen in the occupied West Bank. A new report from the Palestinian human rights organization Al-Haq looks closely at the circumstances of his death and his killer, Yinon Levi. We speak with Tahseen Elayyan of Al-Haq الحق.

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It's been a month since the brutal killing of Palestinian activist Awdah Hathaleen, who was shot and killed by an extremist Israeli settler as he filmed a confrontation with unarmed Palestinians in the West Bank. But already, settlers are back encroaching even closer to the Palestinian village of Umm al-Khair - openly setting up four mobile homes within metres of it. The man who shot Awdah, internationally sanctioned settler Yinon Levi, still hasn't been charged. Further evidence, say many, of the two-tier justice Israel operates - putting its people first and Palestinians second in the West Bank. Warning, this report contains footage of the shooting.

It's been a month since the brutal killing of Palestinian activist Awdah Hathaleen, who was shot and killed by an extremist Israeli settler as he filmed a confrontation with unarmed Palestinians in the West Bank. But already, settlers are back encroaching even closer to the Palestinian village of Umm al-Khair - openly setting up four mobile homes within metres of it. The man who shot Awdah, internationally sanctioned settler Yinon Levi, still hasn't been charged. Further evidence, say many, of the two-tier justice Israel operates - putting its people first and Palestinians second in the West Bank. Warning, this report contains footage of the shooting.

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Videos shared by settlers on social media lay bare the ideology of dispossession and ethnic cleansing that drives the settlement enterprise in the West Bank. Leaders and members of settler militias openly boast about using violence to force Palestinian communities off their land and drive them from their homes. These actions are carried out with the military’s full backing and with the explicit encouragement and support of Israeli policymakers. Since October 2023, settler violence and military raids have forcibly displaced at least 4,635 Palestinians in the West Bank. Entire communities have been driven out of their homes in 62 cases, with another 15 communities partially displaced.

Videos shared by settlers on social media lay bare the ideology of dispossession and ethnic cleansing that drives the settlement enterprise in the West Bank. Leaders and members of settler militias openly boast about using violence to force Palestinian communities off their land and drive them from their homes. These actions are carried out with the military’s full backing and with the explicit encouragement and support of Israeli policymakers. Since October 2023, settler violence and military raids have forcibly displaced at least 4,635 Palestinians in the West Bank. Entire communities have been driven out of their homes in 62 cases, with another 15 communities partially displaced.

B'Tselem בצלם بتسيلم

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Many horrific videos appeared out of the West Bank on Sunday, as crowds of Israeli settlers reportedly attacked and severely beat dozens of Palestinian olive farmers near the town of Turmus Ayya in Ramallah and al-Bireh. One video, filmed by an American journalist who was documenting the attack, shows a masked settler beat an elderly woman unconscious using a large stick before striking several other workers in the same olive field. The journalist, jasper nathaniel claims that the Israel Defense Force lured both him and the olive farmers into the area right before the incident took place, leaving after the settlers began their brutal attack against the farmers and other nearby Palestinians.

Many horrific videos appeared out of the West Bank on Sunday, as crowds of Israeli settlers reportedly attacked and severely beat dozens of Palestinian olive farmers near the town of Turmus Ayya in Ramallah and al-Bireh. One video, filmed by an American journalist who was documenting the attack, shows a masked settler beat an elderly woman unconscious using a large stick before striking several other workers in the same olive field. The journalist, jasper nathaniel claims that the Israel Defense Force lured both him and the olive farmers into the area right before the incident took place, leaving after the settlers began their brutal attack against the farmers and other nearby Palestinians.

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⚡️ “Because repeated settler attacks have failed to force people to leave, they have now adopted a new method: ending people’s lives in this land by burning their homes.” Masafer Yatta Council head Nidal Younes told Drop Site contributor Mohamed Awad that more than 40 Israeli settlers attacked Tuba after 9 p.m. Wednesday, attacking homes across the Palestinian village simultaneously. More than four homes were burned, the remaining homes were vandalized, and residents were beaten with stones and clubs. Five Palestinians required medical treatment. Younes called it part of an “ethnic cleansing” campaign carried out by settler gangs with Israeli military “support and protection.” Nasr Nawajah, an activist and head of the Susiya Council, said the assault was “planned” and that Israeli forces and police “effectively enable” such attacks. “Whenever Palestinians are the victims, the cases are always closed against unknown perpetrators,” he said. A rare exception to that impunity came Thursday, when Israeli prosecutors charged settler Yinon Levi with reckless manslaughter in the July 2025 killing of Awdah Hathaleen, a Palestinian activist who worked on the Oscar-winning No Other Land, in neighboring Umm al-Khair. B’Tselem says it is the first time since Oct. 7, 2023, that an Israeli has been indicted for killing a Palestinian in the West Bank. The charge comes after more than 1,380 settler-related attacks across over 250 Palestinian communities in 2026 alone, leaving about 900 Palestinians injured and more than 2,300 displaced, according to UN OCHA⁠.

⚡️ “Because repeated settler attacks have failed to force people to leave, they have now adopted a new method: ending people’s lives in this land by burning their homes.” Masafer Yatta Council head Nidal Younes told Drop Site contributor Mohamed Awad that more than 40 Israeli settlers attacked Tuba after 9 p.m. Wednesday, attacking homes across the Palestinian village simultaneously. More than four homes were burned, the remaining homes were vandalized, and residents were beaten with stones and clubs. Five Palestinians required medical treatment. Younes called it part of an “ethnic cleansing” campaign carried out by settler gangs with Israeli military “support and protection.” Nasr Nawajah, an activist and head of the Susiya Council, said the assault was “planned” and that Israeli forces and police “effectively enable” such attacks. “Whenever Palestinians are the victims, the cases are always closed against unknown perpetrators,” he said. A rare exception to that impunity came Thursday, when Israeli prosecutors charged settler Yinon Levi with reckless manslaughter in the July 2025 killing of Awdah Hathaleen, a Palestinian activist who worked on the Oscar-winning No Other Land, in neighboring Umm al-Khair. B’Tselem says it is the first time since Oct. 7, 2023, that an Israeli has been indicted for killing a Palestinian in the West Bank. The charge comes after more than 1,380 settler-related attacks across over 250 Palestinian communities in 2026 alone, leaving about 900 Palestinians injured and more than 2,300 displaced, according to UN OCHA⁠.

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This week in the West Bank, I have witnessed how Israeli settler violence is driving vulnerable Palestinian communities from their homes. Courageous NRC colleagues are active on the ground and working to support communities at existential threat. But the international community cannot continue to stand by as violent settlers steal land, livelihoods, and the hope of a viable future Palestinian state.

This week in the West Bank, I have witnessed how Israeli settler violence is driving vulnerable Palestinian communities from their homes. Courageous NRC colleagues are active on the ground and working to support communities at existential threat. But the international community cannot continue to stand by as violent settlers steal land, livelihoods, and the hope of a viable future Palestinian state.

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Israeli settlers continue to terrorise Palestinian communities across the occupied West Bank, setting fire to homes, vehicles and a mosque in another attack on civilians. Families were forced to flee as property was destroyed, leaving communities devastated and living in fear. The Israeli government continues to shield violent settlers from accountability, while Israeli forces have repeatedly been accused by human rights organisations of protecting settlers during attacks, failing to intervene, and in some cases using force against Palestinians instead of stopping the violence. This entrenched lack of accountability has allowed settler attacks to increase with few consequences.

Israeli settlers continue to terrorise Palestinian communities across the occupied West Bank, setting fire to homes, vehicles and a mosque in another attack on civilians. Families were forced to flee as property was destroyed, leaving communities devastated and living in fear. The Israeli government continues to shield violent settlers from accountability, while Israeli forces have repeatedly been accused by human rights organisations of protecting settlers during attacks, failing to intervene, and in some cases using force against Palestinians instead of stopping the violence. This entrenched lack of accountability has allowed settler attacks to increase with few consequences.

Middle East Eye

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⭕️ Breaking | Israeli forces and settlers killed 2 Palestinians early Monday, one in Nablus and another in Hebron, amid a surge of Israeli violence across the occupied West Bank. ➤ The Israeli army arrested 15 Palestinians in overnight raids in multiple cities. ➤ A woman from al-Dhahiriyah, south of Hebron, was detained to pressure her husband into surrendering. ➤ Settler groups also continue to assault Palestinian farmers and obstruct olive harvests under army protection, as human rights groups and UN OCHA warn of escalating state-backed violence aimed at driving Palestinians off their land. New video this morning shows settler mob released Palestinian livestock in the olive trees in Khirbet Masoud, southwest of Jenin. Read the latest UN humanitarian updates for the West Bank below 👇

⭕️ Breaking | Israeli forces and settlers killed 2 Palestinians early Monday, one in Nablus and another in Hebron, amid a surge of Israeli violence across the occupied West Bank. ➤ The Israeli army arrested 15 Palestinians in overnight raids in multiple cities. ➤ A woman from al-Dhahiriyah, south of Hebron, was detained to pressure her husband into surrendering. ➤ Settler groups also continue to assault Palestinian farmers and obstruct olive harvests under army protection, as human rights groups and UN OCHA warn of escalating state-backed violence aimed at driving Palestinians off their land. New video this morning shows settler mob released Palestinian livestock in the olive trees in Khirbet Masoud, southwest of Jenin. Read the latest UN humanitarian updates for the West Bank below 👇

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💢 🇵🇸 Top developments across Palestine on Saturday: 🔹 One Palestinian was killed and nine others wounded, including four children, in Israeli attacks across Gaza on Saturday, medical sources told Anadolu, the first reported killing in five days. A young man was shot dead in Deir al-Balah, while tank fire near Khan Younis and gunfire in Gaza City's Tuffah and Zeitoun neighborhoods wounded the rest. The death, which raised the ceasefire-period toll to 1,257 killed, comes as Israeli media report US pressure to begin phase two of the Board of Peace roadmap, which Hamas has accepted and Israel has not, and which is meant to bring an end to the killings. 🔹 In southern Gaza, the Radaa force of the Hamas security services said it thwarted an attempt by a collaborator gang to kidnap a resident, per Shehab News, amid a rise in abductions during the ceasefire. 🔹 In the West Bank, 15 Palestinians suffered tear-gas suffocation during confrontations with Israeli forces who raided the city of Tubas on Saturday evening, the Palestine Red Crescent said. 🔹 Six Palestinians, including women, were wounded in a settler attack in the Wadi al-Rakhim area south of Yatta, near Hebron, Quds News reported. An anti-settlement activist said one man was shot with live fire by settlers from the Susya settlement, while five others were beaten. (Video) 🔹 In the town of Idna, west of Hebron, settlers attacked worshippers at the Prophet Saleh Mosque and fired live rounds, and Israeli forces then arrested seven Palestinians, including the mosque's imam, according to Shehab. Settlers also pitched a tent on residents' land and destroyed a vehicle. 🔹 In Umm al-Fahm, a Palestinian city inside Israel, demonstrators marched against settler violence in the West Bank and the war on Gaza, per Arab48. Organizers raised banners reading "stop the massacres" and "the occupation will fall," as settlers have carried out 3,488 attacks in the first half of 2026, killing 17 people, according to the Palestinian anti-wall commission.

💢 🇵🇸 Top developments across Palestine on Saturday: 🔹 One Palestinian was killed and nine others wounded, including four children, in Israeli attacks across Gaza on Saturday, medical sources told Anadolu, the first reported killing in five days. A young man was shot dead in Deir al-Balah, while tank fire near Khan Younis and gunfire in Gaza City's Tuffah and Zeitoun neighborhoods wounded the rest. The death, which raised the ceasefire-period toll to 1,257 killed, comes as Israeli media report US pressure to begin phase two of the Board of Peace roadmap, which Hamas has accepted and Israel has not, and which is meant to bring an end to the killings. 🔹 In southern Gaza, the Radaa force of the Hamas security services said it thwarted an attempt by a collaborator gang to kidnap a resident, per Shehab News, amid a rise in abductions during the ceasefire. 🔹 In the West Bank, 15 Palestinians suffered tear-gas suffocation during confrontations with Israeli forces who raided the city of Tubas on Saturday evening, the Palestine Red Crescent said. 🔹 Six Palestinians, including women, were wounded in a settler attack in the Wadi al-Rakhim area south of Yatta, near Hebron, Quds News reported. An anti-settlement activist said one man was shot with live fire by settlers from the Susya settlement, while five others were beaten. (Video) 🔹 In the town of Idna, west of Hebron, settlers attacked worshippers at the Prophet Saleh Mosque and fired live rounds, and Israeli forces then arrested seven Palestinians, including the mosque's imam, according to Shehab. Settlers also pitched a tent on residents' land and destroyed a vehicle. 🔹 In Umm al-Fahm, a Palestinian city inside Israel, demonstrators marched against settler violence in the West Bank and the war on Gaza, per Arab48. Organizers raised banners reading "stop the massacres" and "the occupation will fall," as settlers have carried out 3,488 attacks in the first half of 2026, killing 17 people, according to the Palestinian anti-wall commission.

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Last night (Tuesday), 24 February, at around 8:00 P.M about 20 Israeli settlers raided the village of Khirbet Susiya, in the South Hebron Hills. They attacked homes and cars with stones, and set fire to three tents, a pre-fab, chicken coops and cars at several spots throughout the village. About 300 people live in the village, half of them minors. They are subjected to daily violence by settlers and the military, with the backing of all Israeli state authorities. Footage also shows a group of settlers trying to damage cameras to prevent documentation of the attack. None of the assailants were detained. Yesterday’s attack on Khirbet Susiya is part of Israel’s broader onslaught against Palestinians, who remain defenseless in the face of unchecked violence by militias and the Israeli military. Israel’s ethnic cleansing in the West Bank has so far displaced more than 4,000 Palestinians from their homes, with 51 communities expelled in their entirety and 14 communities in part. The daily violence towards Palestinians in the West Bank continues as Israel maintains a system of military occupation and systemic impunity for settler violence, while the international community stands by.

Last night (Tuesday), 24 February, at around 8:00 P.M about 20 Israeli settlers raided the village of Khirbet Susiya, in the South Hebron Hills. They attacked homes and cars with stones, and set fire to three tents, a pre-fab, chicken coops and cars at several spots throughout the village. About 300 people live in the village, half of them minors. They are subjected to daily violence by settlers and the military, with the backing of all Israeli state authorities. Footage also shows a group of settlers trying to damage cameras to prevent documentation of the attack. None of the assailants were detained. Yesterday’s attack on Khirbet Susiya is part of Israel’s broader onslaught against Palestinians, who remain defenseless in the face of unchecked violence by militias and the Israeli military. Israel’s ethnic cleansing in the West Bank has so far displaced more than 4,000 Palestinians from their homes, with 51 communities expelled in their entirety and 14 communities in part. The daily violence towards Palestinians in the West Bank continues as Israel maintains a system of military occupation and systemic impunity for settler violence, while the international community stands by.

B'Tselem בצלם بتسيلم

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BREAKING: Israeli Forces and Settlers Retaliate Against Palestinian Activist Featured in BBC’s The Settlers Prominent Palestinian human rights activist Issa Amro—recently featured in Louis Theroux’s BBC documentary The Settlers—shares video of Israeli soldiers raiding his home in Hebron today in retaliation for his appearance in the film. After they left, settlers stormed the house, assaulted him and others, cut down trees, and stole tools and garbage containers. Amro shares video of an exchange with an Israeli police officer later who threatened him with arrest if he filed a complaint. Amro is the founder of Youth Against Settlements (YAS), a nonviolent group that documents Israeli abuses and organizes peaceful resistance in the occupied West Bank. He has long faced retaliation from both Israeli forces and the Palestinian Authority. In 2017, he was arrested by the PA for criticizing its leadership online. In 2023, Israeli forces expelled him from his home after he hosted a journalist and an Israeli activist. Below are videos of Israeli settlers storming Issa Amro’s home. Via Amro’s account. More footage in linked post.

BREAKING: Israeli Forces and Settlers Retaliate Against Palestinian Activist Featured in BBC’s The Settlers Prominent Palestinian human rights activist Issa Amro—recently featured in Louis Theroux’s BBC documentary The Settlers—shares video of Israeli soldiers raiding his home in Hebron today in retaliation for his appearance in the film. After they left, settlers stormed the house, assaulted him and others, cut down trees, and stole tools and garbage containers. Amro shares video of an exchange with an Israeli police officer later who threatened him with arrest if he filed a complaint. Amro is the founder of Youth Against Settlements (YAS), a nonviolent group that documents Israeli abuses and organizes peaceful resistance in the occupied West Bank. He has long faced retaliation from both Israeli forces and the Palestinian Authority. In 2017, he was arrested by the PA for criticizing its leadership online. In 2023, Israeli forces expelled him from his home after he hosted a journalist and an Israeli activist. Below are videos of Israeli settlers storming Issa Amro’s home. Via Amro’s account. More footage in linked post.

Drop Site

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🚨 Urgent international intervention is needed in Jordan Valley, West Bank A few days ago Israeli settlers set up an outpost right next to a Palestinian house in the community Ras al-Auja in the South Jordan Valley. Now a family was forced to dismantle their house and flee. Ras al-Auja is the last Palestinian Bedouin community still standing in area C of the South Jordan Valley. The rest have been ethnically cleansed, most recently al-Muarajat two months ago. If nothing changes, all of Ras al-Auja will have to flee within a few months (or even less), and the ethnic cleansing of the South Jordan Valley will be complete.

🚨 Urgent international intervention is needed in Jordan Valley, West Bank A few days ago Israeli settlers set up an outpost right next to a Palestinian house in the community Ras al-Auja in the South Jordan Valley. Now a family was forced to dismantle their house and flee. Ras al-Auja is the last Palestinian Bedouin community still standing in area C of the South Jordan Valley. The rest have been ethnically cleansed, most recently al-Muarajat two months ago. If nothing changes, all of Ras al-Auja will have to flee within a few months (or even less), and the ethnic cleansing of the South Jordan Valley will be complete.

Andrey X

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“Give him your passport before we arrest you” The Guardian reports on Israeli “settler-only” military units, known as Hagmar, are operating as armed militias in the occupied West Bank, blurring the line between state and settler violence. Established in October 2023 as the occupation army deployed to Gaza, these units are paid by the government but function largely independently, often leading attacks on Palestinians and their communities. Former Israeli reservists report that Hagmar members frequently arrive first at incidents, vandalizing homes, crops, and livestock, and sometimes physically attacking civilians, while regular soldiers either follow their lead or stand aside. This system has enabled settler violence to escalate dramatically, displacing 29 Palestinian communities since October 2023, nearly one per month, compared to only four in the year before. Rights groups and the UN warn that these units have effectively transformed some settlers into state-backed vigilantes. Hagmar members, including individuals with past convictions for violence, are armed with assault rifles and enjoy de facto authority over uniformed military reservists. Their presence has intensified attacks on Palestinians, creating an environment where the risk of killing and displacement comes overwhelmingly from settlers, while Palestinians are denied protection.

“Give him your passport before we arrest you” The Guardian reports on Israeli “settler-only” military units, known as Hagmar, are operating as armed militias in the occupied West Bank, blurring the line between state and settler violence. Established in October 2023 as the occupation army deployed to Gaza, these units are paid by the government but function largely independently, often leading attacks on Palestinians and their communities. Former Israeli reservists report that Hagmar members frequently arrive first at incidents, vandalizing homes, crops, and livestock, and sometimes physically attacking civilians, while regular soldiers either follow their lead or stand aside. This system has enabled settler violence to escalate dramatically, displacing 29 Palestinian communities since October 2023, nearly one per month, compared to only four in the year before. Rights groups and the UN warn that these units have effectively transformed some settlers into state-backed vigilantes. Hagmar members, including individuals with past convictions for violence, are armed with assault rifles and enjoy de facto authority over uniformed military reservists. Their presence has intensified attacks on Palestinians, creating an environment where the risk of killing and displacement comes overwhelmingly from settlers, while Palestinians are denied protection.

Quds News Network

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Months of relentless violence by Israeli state-backed settler militias, soldiers and police forces have achieved their goal: the last remaining families in the Palestinian community of Ras ‘Ein al-‘Auja left this week. The largest shepherding community in the southern Jordan Valley, and the last to survive, was home to about 800 people, roughly half of them children. The area has now been completely emptied of Palestinians. Since October 2023, Israel has forcibly displaced 45 Palestinian communities in the West Bank, comprising at least 3,501 people. Another 12 communities were partially displaced, with at least 455 peopledriven from their homes. Expelling communities and taking over tens of thousands of hectares are part of a policy of ethnic cleansing that Israel is implementing in the West Bank.

Months of relentless violence by Israeli state-backed settler militias, soldiers and police forces have achieved their goal: the last remaining families in the Palestinian community of Ras ‘Ein al-‘Auja left this week. The largest shepherding community in the southern Jordan Valley, and the last to survive, was home to about 800 people, roughly half of them children. The area has now been completely emptied of Palestinians. Since October 2023, Israel has forcibly displaced 45 Palestinian communities in the West Bank, comprising at least 3,501 people. Another 12 communities were partially displaced, with at least 455 peopledriven from their homes. Expelling communities and taking over tens of thousands of hectares are part of a policy of ethnic cleansing that Israel is implementing in the West Bank.

B'Tselem בצלם بتسيلم

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🇺🇸🇵🇸 “If they can do this to an American congressman, what can they do to Palestinians?” Rep. Ro Khanna (CA-17) was detained for over an hour near Khirbet Zanuta in the occupied West Bank after armed settlers carrying American-made M4 rifles surrounded his van. Khanna said the IDF soldiers who arrived knew an American congressman was in the vehicle and still sided with the settlers rather than helping. Khanna’s group was only released after the U.S. Embassy intervened. During his days in the West Bank, including Hebron, Bethlehem, Beit Sahour, and Turmus Ayya, Khanna says he witnessed a “culture of impunity.” He visited the school in Al-Mughayyir, where a 14-year-old boy and a 32-year-old man were killed by settler gunfire earlier this year, and met with Palestinian American families who’ve lost children to Israeli military and settler violence, including the family of Mohammed Zaher Ibrahim, a 16-year-old American citizen from Florida who was held in Israeli prison for over nine months without trial and returned home starving. Khanna compared the West Bank to the days of Jim Crow in the United States, and says that Americans need to come to the West Bank and see “the apartheid in the West Bank with their own eyes.” 🎥 Report by Maysa Mustafa in the occupied West Bank with Congressman Ro Khanna

🇺🇸🇵🇸 “If they can do this to an American congressman, what can they do to Palestinians?” Rep. Ro Khanna (CA-17) was detained for over an hour near Khirbet Zanuta in the occupied West Bank after armed settlers carrying American-made M4 rifles surrounded his van. Khanna said the IDF soldiers who arrived knew an American congressman was in the vehicle and still sided with the settlers rather than helping. Khanna’s group was only released after the U.S. Embassy intervened. During his days in the West Bank, including Hebron, Bethlehem, Beit Sahour, and Turmus Ayya, Khanna says he witnessed a “culture of impunity.” He visited the school in Al-Mughayyir, where a 14-year-old boy and a 32-year-old man were killed by settler gunfire earlier this year, and met with Palestinian American families who’ve lost children to Israeli military and settler violence, including the family of Mohammed Zaher Ibrahim, a 16-year-old American citizen from Florida who was held in Israeli prison for over nine months without trial and returned home starving. Khanna compared the West Bank to the days of Jim Crow in the United States, and says that Americans need to come to the West Bank and see “the apartheid in the West Bank with their own eyes.” 🎥 Report by Maysa Mustafa in the occupied West Bank with Congressman Ro Khanna

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