Palestinians besieged in West Bank village fear Israeli settlers will seize their homes

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.

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 FASAYIL, West Bank, Aug 14 (Reuters) - On a searing summer day, Israeli settlers splashed in a West Bank pool created by siphoning off water that had irrigated Palestinian crops, one of many seizures of water resources across the occupied territory. The spring served as a lifeline for the nearby village

Israeli settlers divert Palestinian water to fill West Bank pool  Reuters

When Israelis go to the polls in October, one of the primary questions they need to ask themselves is whether they want a government that will continue to allow extremism to run unfettered.

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

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.

Israeli settlers besiege Palestinian homes  CNN

Israeli forces detain three Palestinians as settlers seize tractor near Ramallah Israeli forces detained three Palestinians during a raid on the village of Burqa, east of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, while Israeli settlers seized a tractor owned by the village council, the Wafa news agency reported, citing

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.

The mayor of Qusra says Israeli troops have been telling families to leave their houses, using some as barracks.

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

The episode casts a spotlight on the army’s struggle to curtail settler violence and protect Palestinians living in the occupied West Bank.

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