Settler terror escalates in the West Bank
The situation in the West Bank is increasingly violent. Jewish settlers are seizing and destroying Palestinian property in a campaign of dispossession, actively supported by the Israeli authorities. - 2026/10 / article
Violence in the West Bank is on the rise as Jewish settlers target Palestinian villages and communities. Arbitrary arrests, harassment, and property destruction are becoming commonplace. On August 3, a party was underway in Ramallah for a high school graduate when news broke that the Hamayel brothers were arrested by Israeli forces.
The Hamayels reside near Ramallah, a village targeted repeatedly by settlers. Residents and nearby villages face assaults, with settlers from various 'outposts' blocking access to vital resources like olive and almond groves, springs, water cisterns, and grazing lands. 'Outposts,' unapproved Israeli settlements since 1967, have proliferated since the late 1990s, fueled by state and private support.
Since the brothers' arrest, a sheep theft from their farm and a subsequent invasion by suspected outpost residents have heightened tensions.
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