UN’s Albanese: Israel outsourcing coercion to settlers in West Bank

UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese says Israel bears responsibility and is outsourcing coercion to settlers.

Settlers at Qusra near Nablus have since Sunday been blockading Palestinian homes, including one owned by a US citizen, with residents saying they have been cut off from food and other supplies.

Palestinian Amin Rahal and his three brothers haven't gone to work in weeks, instead taking turns guarding what remains of their land atop a West Bank hill from incursions by nearby settlers. "We never leave the place unless we have two people here," says Rahal, a 31-year-old father of three, pointing to the roof of a

ANDY Burnham has been urged to "sever all ties" with Israel and demand an immediate end to the occupation amid ongoing settler violence in the West Bank.

Failing to drive out a handful of so-called 'hilltop youth,' Israel's military turned instead against their Palestinian victims. The government fears that the radical settlers will draw criticism from Washington over more ambitious settlement plans.

Failing to drive out a handful of so-called 'hilltop youth,' Israel's military turned instead against their Palestinian victims. The government fears that the radical settlers will draw criticism from Washington over more ambitious settlement plans.

Israeli settlers are conducting a campaign of violence and intimidation against the Palestinian village of Qusra in the occupied West Bank. Families have had their electricity and water supplies cut off, in what residents say is an attempt to force them from their homes. The IDF has nominally intervened and condemned t

U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee issued a rare condemnation of settler “terrorists.”

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.

Israel sends troops into West Bank homes besieged by Jewish settlers  Reuters

The U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee condemned the actions of Jewish settlers who are besieging the home of an American Palestinian family in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

QUSRA: Israeli forces on Thursday (Aug 13) moved against rogue settlers who have besieged Palestinians amid unusually strong US criticism, even as Israel inaugurated a major settlement elsewhere in the West Bank.Settlers near Nablus since Sunday have blockaded Palestinian homes, including one owned by a US citizen, wit

Israeli Settlers Move Back to Northern West Bank Settlement Evacuated in 2005 - Israel Security  Haaretz

Settlers near Nablus since Aug 9 have blockaded Palestinian homes, with residents saying they have been cut off from food.

Extremists appear to be dismantling fences, blocking roads, and besieging the area near Kusra, in footage seen by The Jerusalem Post.