Settler Violence

WATCH: Jewish West Bank residents set Palestinian homes, vehicles alight

Two Palestinians were wounded in clashes with Israeli settlers in the village of Al-Maniya, near Bethlehem. The IDF arrested one Israeli in the village of Mukhmas.

One of the vehicles in Al-Mughayyir that was set on fire by Jewish settlers in the West Bank, October 25, 2025.
Palestinians stand near a burning car reportedly set alight by Israeli settlers attempting to disrupt them harvesting olives near the West Bank village of Turmos Ayya on October 19, 2025.

Wave of West Bank settler violence during olive harvest risks wider flare up, officials warn

A Palestinian woman fills water containers from a public water point, in Ramallah in the West Bank, July 22, 2025.

Palestinians face severe water shortages in the West Bank

Maj.-Gen. Avi Bluth 

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IDF claims dozens of Palestinians attacked Jewish farm in West Bank

One of the wounded is an IDF soldier on leave, who fired his gun into the air and then at one of the terrorists, who was wounded from the gunfire.

 Israeli security members stand next to a settlement outpost established in the area, near Duma in Nablus, in the West Bank, March 14, 2025.

Body of Awdah Hathaleen released to family for burial

His remains had been held for over a week, as Israeli forces arrested Palestinians in the community, leaving Levi free from arrest for hours.

Protests over the death of Awdah Hathaleen, a Palestinian peace activist.

Death of Palestinian peace activist by Israeli settler sparks protests by family over body custody

Hathaleen’s allies and other partners in the Israeli-Palestinian cooperation and peace space have staged a series of protests, calling for justice for Hathaleen.

Protests over the death of Awdah Hathaleen, a Palestinian peace activist.

78% of Jewish Israelis believe IDF tries to avoid harming civilians, majority of Arabs disagree

Similarly, most Jews trust the IDF’s reports on Palestinian civilian casualties and soldier suicides, while a majority of Arab Israelis express skepticism. 

 IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip. March 30, 2024.

Court releases to house arrest settler suspected of killing Palestinian activist in West Bank

Hathaleen was allegedly shot by Yinon Levi, an extremist previously sanctioned by the Biden administration, the UK, and Canada. 

Israeli soldiers at the scene a Palestinian was shot for throwing stones, in the West Bank city of Hebron, July 28, 2025

Church of St. George burning shows justice demands honesty before all else - editorial

Newsrooms blasted out bulletins that settlers had torched Taybeh’s 1,500-year-old Church of St. George, but independent reporting told a different story.

 Ancient church in Taybeh set on fire by Israeli settlers

Extremist settlers torch Palestinian vehicles in West Bank, claim act of 'vengeance' - report

The Telegram account of journalist Doron Kadosh claimed that three suspects entered the Palestinian village and that it followed the evacuation of an illegal outpost the day prior.

Israeli security forces seen during an operation in the Tulkarm refugee camp, in the West Bank, July 6, 2025

Huckabee calls settler attack on Palestinian Christian town of Taybeh 'act of terror'

US Ambassador Mike Huckabee decried the alleged attack on a historic church in Taybeh.

US Ambassador Mike Huckabee tours Taybeh

Israeli settlers accused of killing 117 sheep in West Bank attack against Palestinian Bedouins

Palestinian leadership called the alleged attack an attempt to displace people in the West Bank.

 A veterinarian tends to a wounded sheep after settlers attacked a Bedouin community in the Jordan valley, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, July 18, 2025.

What makes someone a settler? The loaded politics of a single word - explainer

In a region where every word can carry ideological weight, the question of who gets labeled a “settler” isn’t just about where someone lives. It’s about who they are and what they stand for.

 SETTLERS HURL stones at Palestinians during the annual harvest season, near the settlement of Yitzhar in 2020.

Huckabee: Probe ‘terrorist’ killing of Palestinian American in West Bank

“There must be accountability for this criminal and terrorist act. Saif was just 20 years old,” Huckabeee wrote in a Tuesday X/Twitter post.

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee speaks during a dinner with US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Blue Room of the White House, July 7, 2025