In Christian village of Taybeh, Israeli military order fails to stop settler violence

In Christian village of Taybeh, Israeli military order fails to stop settler violence Fayha Shalash on Thu, 08/13/2026 - 10:08 Palestinian residents and rights activists describe near-daily raids on homes and olive groves, with some saying they've been blocked from their own land for years

Two Palestinian families in the village of Qusra say they have been trapped in their homes, with water and power cut off, since Sunday.

Israeli troops have clashed with Jewish settlers while trying to disperse them from a West Bank outpost they set up directly in front of Palestinian homes, and later withdrew from the area after failing to clear the settlers, witnesses said.

Israeli settlers have been besieging two Palestinian families in their homes in the occupied West Bank since Sunday, with the families saying their supplies were running out and rights groups urging the authorities to step in.

Unless Donald Trump presses Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu to curb hard-right extremists, the president’s Mideast peace hopes are doomed.

Israeli settlers continue their violent campaign of intimidation, displacement and ethnic cleansing against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. On 9 August, colonisers from the nearby Susya settlement attacked residents of Wadi Rakhim village in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron. Israeli settlers devastate family-of-t

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Israelis Are Finally Troubled by Settler Violence. Are They Too Late?  Haaretz