As Army Fails to Protect Palestinians, Israeli Leaders Sympathize With Settlers

Defense Minister Katz called for the military to turn over to the police the responsibility for protecting Palestinians after two West Bank families were besieged by violent settlers.

Israeli settlers have been blockading homes in the West Bank town of Qusra, leading to a tense standoff

When Israeli extremists arrived in Qusra to force Palestinians from their homes, residents hoped the Israel Defense Forces would come to their aid.

From inside his home in the West Bank town of Qusra, Qusai Abu Rida watched on Friday as Israeli settlers moved from where they had erected a tent in front of his house to the valley below, rather than returning to the nearby outpost where they live.

“A stable West Bank keeps Israel secure and is in line with this administration’s goal to achieve peace in the region,” said a White House official.

Two families have been trapped in their homes in the occupied West Bank for several days.

France condemns Israeli settlers’ seizure of Palestinian homes in Qusra France on Friday strongly condemned Israeli settlers’ seizure of several Palestinian homes in Qusra, south of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank. In a statement on X, the French foreign ministry also condemned Israeli settler violence against

Extremist settlers have been encircling homes in the West Bank town of Kusra for almost a week.

Israeli settlers have been blockading homes in the West Bank town of Qusra, leading to a tense standoff

Rogue Israeli settlers at Qusra near Nablus began blockading Palestinian homes on Aug 9.

Israeli soldiers prevent aid delivery to besieged Palestinians

Israeli troops took up positions inside Palestinian homes in the West Bank village of Qusra on Thursday, the mayor said, after settlers trapped Palestinian families this week in a siege Palestinians say is aimed at forcing them from their land. Qusra mayor Abed Al Athem Wadi said that six homes in the village had been

Israeli settlers at Qusra near Nablus began blockading Palestinian homes on Sunday and have defied attempts to remove them.

US wants Netanyahu to condemn settler siege in Palestinian village, officials say  Reuters

Settler violence in the West Bank prompted U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee to call the perpetrators 'Israeli terrorists' after they besieged a Palestinian American's home near Nablus.

By Pesha Magid and Rami Ayyub QUSRA, West Bank, Aug 14 (Reuters) - The United States wants Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to publicly condemn a siege imposed by Jewish settlers in a Palestinian village, U.S. and Israeli officials said on Friday, as settlers pressured residents by pitching a new tent before I

The U.S. ambassador, appointed by Trump last year and a fierce defender of Israel, called it a “horrific act of terror.”

The U.S. condemned the siege of Palestinian homes by Israeli settlers in the West Bank, where they cut off water, electricity and essential supplies to residents. U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee called the settlers' actions an "act of terror," adding to American pressure that has prompted Israeli forces to inte

U.S. ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee called settlers besieging a West Bank home of an American-Palestinian family "terrorists."

QUSRA, West Bank (AP) — For five nights, Israeli settlers surrounded three Palestinian homes on the outskirts of a town in the occupied West Bank, preventing the families from leaving safely as their food and water supplies dwindled.

A group of Palestinian families has been besieged by masked, stone-throwing Israeli settlers in the Occupied West Bank, in what the US ambassador has condemned as a “horrific act of terror” in a rare rebuke.

Israeli settlers’ siege of Palestinian homes draws a sharp US rebuke  AP News

About a dozen Palestinian households in a village in the occupied West Bank were toldto leave their properties during an Israeli military operation to remove Israeli settlers.

US ambassador Mike Huckabee referred to the settlers as ‘terrorists’.

Israeli settlers besiege Palestinian homes  CNN

Israel's military has moved to try to stop a group of settlers from besieging three homes in the occupied West Bank. One was owned by a Palestinian American, prompting an unusually sharp rebuke from the US ambassador.

Israeli troops have taken up positions inside Palestinian homes in the West Bank village of Qusra, the mayor said, after settlers trapped families in their houses.

Opinion | Otherwise Occupied • Israeli Jews are supporting the destruction of Palestinian healthcare  Haaretz

Israeli settlers have trapped two Palestinian families in their homes in the occupied West Bank since Sunday

Residents said they were left without food and medicine, while the military condemned the settlers’ actions.

Israel’s election in two months may see out Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s religious-rightist government, but a major shift in West Bank policy would be needed for there to be peace in the territory, the top Palestinian diplomat said.