West Bank: Activist recounts life under settler siege in Qusra

A week after Israeli settlers began besieging Palestinian homes in the West Bank village of Qusra, human rights activist Netanael Hanadaro joined FRANCE 24 to recount what he witnessed there. He said he and other NGO members reached the isolated homes on foot and left food outside for the trapped residents, with the Is

Israeli settlers encircle Palestinian homes and cut off supplies, leading to a declaration of a military zone.

Qusra, West Bank —  Loui Ridi began building a home in his native town of Qusra, in the occupied West Bank, for his two daughters. The girls grew up in Ohio, but family trips made them fall in love with their father’s Palestinian roots. “Can we have a home where grandmother lives, where you were born …

Israeli Settler Points Loaded Weapon at Activists and Palestinians in West Bank  Haaretz

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.

Siege of West Bank families 'state-backed settler terror', Amnesty official says The ongoing siege of a several Palestinian families in the West Bank “is not an isolated incident”, but “part of an accelerating pattern of state-backed settler terror and forced displacement across the occupied West Bank,” an Amnes

The standoff in Qusra between Palestinian families and Israeli settlers who apparently want to push them out entered a new stage Friday as activists supporting the Palestinians marched toward the besieged homes to replenish their dwindling food and water supply.

On 9 August, settlers established a new outpost in Qusra, south of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, setting up a tent just metres away from Palestinian homes. They continue to lay siege on three family homes, which are on the outskirts of the village, on a hill. The settlers have cut water and electric […] By Charlie

The U.S. wants Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to publicly condemn a siege imposed by Jewish settlers in a Palestinian village, officials said on Friday, as settlers pressured residents by pitching a new tent before Israeli soldiers arrived and it was taken down.

The diplomatic intervention escalated after American authorities discovered that a Palestinian-American's residence was among those targeted

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

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

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

The military’s failure to keep extremists away from two Palestinian families trapped in their West Bank homes made clear the chaos gripping the Israeli-occupied territory.

Israeli forces evicted Palestinian families and imposed a military zone in Qusra as troops moved to dismantle an illegal settler outpost after days of terror.

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee denounced a group of Israeli settlers who laid siege to a Palestinian home in the West Bank, describing them as “terrorists.” Ihab Hassan, a Palestinian Christian activist, called attention to a mob of Israeli settlers laying siege to the house in the West Bank village of Qusra,