Settler violence

Qusai Abu Ridi is seen in his besieged home as Israeli soldiers block activists from reaching him, Qusra, occupied West Bank, August 14, 2026. (Oren Ziv)

Qusra is where Israel’s lies about settler violence hit a wall

Settlers have been besieging a Palestinian family for 10 days in an effort to seize their home. The army’s unwillingness to stop them tells the whole story.

By Oren Ziv August 18, 2026

An Israeli military jeep drives through the West Bank village of Al-Mughayyir after an Israeli settler attack in the area, August 11, 2026. (Avishay Mohar/Activestills)

Life in a laboratory of Israeli ethnic cleansing

Al-Mughayyir faces an existential battle against settler-soldier violence and economic siege. But despite our many losses, we insist our village will remain.

By Haroon Bshara August 14, 2026

A burned children's toy following an Israeli settler pogrom in the Palestinian village of Tuba, Masafer Yatta, occupied West Bank, August 6, 2026. (Mosab Shawer/Activestills)

‘Darkness, flames, screaming’: Palestinian village terrorized by Israeli settlers

A night-time pogrom by dozens of settlers left residents wounded, houses burned, and solar panels destroyed in the isolated West Bank village of Tuba.

By Basel Adra August 7, 2026

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A mural of Awdah Hathaleen in the community center with added writings by friends and family. (Omri Eran Vardi)

A year after Awdah’s killing, Umm Al-Khair struggles for its own survival

The community is facing violent settler expansion and the looming threat of demolition, while the Israeli who shot the beloved activist remains free.

By Basel Adra July 29, 2026

A young Palestinian man looks through the broken window of his house after an attack by Israeli settlers the previous night in the village of At-Tuwani, Masafer Yatta, southern occupied West Bank, July 19, 2026. (Mosab Shawer/Activestills)

What an Israeli settler pogrom feels like

For the first time in my life, I found myself completely helpless. My car was engulfed in flames, but all that mattered to me was my family's survival.

By Mohammad Hesham Huraini July 27, 2026

Palestinians inspect the damage caused during overnight attacks by Israeli settlers near Al-Arroub refugee camp in Hebron, March 30, 2026. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

Israeli leaders are condemning settler attacks. It’s a smokescreen

The recent wave of denunciations from ministers, army chiefs, and right-wing pundits aims to obscure the fact that settler violence is state policy.

By Oren Ziv April 2, 2026

In the West Bank, ‘protective presence is not protecting anyone anymore’

For decades, Israeli and international activists have put their bodies on the line to prevent the expulsion of Palestinian communities. But if they no longer deter violent settlers and soldiers, can they still make a difference?

By Charlotte Ritz-Jack March 27, 2026

Israeli settlers fly an Israeli flag on the house of Ahed Khatib, inside Area B near Aqarba, in the West Bank, February 2026. (Oren Ziv)

‘Erasing the lines’: How settler outposts are seizing new regions of the West Bank

After decades consolidating their control over Area C, Israeli settlers are expanding into Areas B and A — nominally under Palestinian Authority jurisdiction — and displacing communities, a joint investigation reveals.

By Oren Ziv and Ariel Caine March 24, 2026

At the entrance of the tent where Israeli settlers gathered and beat residents and activists, in the herding community of Khirbet Humsa in the Jordan Valley, March 13, 2026. (Oren Ziv)

‘I thought we were going to be raped’: A night of settler terror in the Jordan Valley

Settlers tied up and beat Palestinians and activists in the herding community of Humsa while sexually assaulting one man, amid a wave of attacks in the area.

By Oren Ziv March 17, 2026

Palestinians mourn the deaths of three residents of Khirbet Abu Falah who were killed during an Israeli settler attack, occupied West Bank, March 8, 2026. (Avishay Mohar/Activestills)

Four dead in 24 hours: Israeli settler terror intensifies amid Iran war

Settler gunfire killed Palestinians in two West Bank villages as they tried to defend their land. In the aftermath, soldiers’ tear gas induced a cardiac arrest.

By Oren Ziv and Basel Adra March 9, 2026

Palestinians in the village of Qaryut mourn the killing of two residents who were shot dead by an Israeli settler, occupied West Bank, March 3, 2026. (Oren Ziv)

With West Bank under total Israeli closure, settlers are seizing the moment

Israeli settlers have killed two Palestinians and raided dozens of villages amid the war with Iran, as the army restricts movement and backs up the attackers.

By Oren Ziv and Basel Adra March 4, 2026

Israeli forces stand guard as Palestinians pass through the Qalandia checkpoint on their way to attend the first Friday prayers of Ramadan at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque, February 20, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Israel warns of a Ramadan escalation — while doing everything to provoke one

Eroding the status quo at Al-Aqsa, backing settler pogroms, ignoring violent crime: If there is an eruption, it will have been engineered by Israel alone.

By Baker Zoubi February 24, 2026

Shadmot Mehola Solar Field, in the Jordan Valley, occupied West Bank. (Sofia Fani Gutman)

With foreign backing, Israel’s solar energy boom is powering apartheid

Israel’s self-branding as a pioneer in sustainability obscures how its ‘green development’ is fueling the takeover of Palestinian land and resources — and international corporations are helping to bankroll it.

By Sofia Fani Gutman, Carolina Pedrazzi and Andrey X February 20, 2026