West Bank faces escalating Israeli settler violence and surge in army checkpoints

The West Bank is buckling as Israeli settlers step up their attacks on Palestinians and the Israeli army sets up even more checkpoints.

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Stephens, who has spent years pushing back on what he sees as double standards applied to Israel, wrote that he decided to speak out against what he called “Jewish terrorists” despite his reluctance.

MK Ofer Cassif told The New Arab that his treatment was 'nothing in comparison to the lives of the Palestinians under the apartheid and occupation regime'.

Photo of Israeli soldiers posing next to blindfolded Palestinian fuels anger online Dalia Anis on Wed, 07/29/2026 - 13:05 The Israeli army 'revel in depravity and no one is holding Israel to account', said one social media user Viral photo shows two female Israeli soldiers posing next to a

Intl. Spokesperson for the Israeli Prime Minister's Office on settler violence and the war with Iran  CNN

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, July 29 (Reuters) - The U.N. human rights office on Wednesday warned of worsening violence by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, and urged international action against the killing of Palestinians as well as the creation of settlements, which it said had reached an all-time high.

GENEVA, July 29 - The U.N. human rights office on Wednesday warned of worsening violence by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, and urged international action against the killing of Palestinians as well as the creation of settlements, which it said had reached an all-time high.

Violence in the occupied West Bank is worsening as the Israeli Government continues to approve new settlements, while settlers and Israeli security forces have “often” acted together to attack local Palestinian communities, the UN’s human rights office (OHCHR) warned on Wednesday.

Israeli protesters marched in Tel Aviv against settler violence in the occupied West Bank as police blocked their route and confronted demonstrators.

The most recent deaths, reported on Friday, July 24 after armed settlers raided a Palestinian village near Nablus, reinforce a stark reality: The more Israel expands its settlements, the more violence escalates. Without strong international pressure, nothing will change.

The most recent deaths, reported on Friday, July 24 after armed settlers raided a Palestinian village near Nablus, reinforce a stark reality: The more Israel expands its settlements, the more violence escalates. Without strong international pressure, nothing will change.

Israeli forces and settlers have intensified their attacks against Palestinians in the illegally occupied West Bank in recent days, killing and injuring several people, demolishing homes and setting fire to mosques. ​The escalating violence began on Thursday, when settlers and soldiers killed four Palestinians and inju

Analysis • West Bank settler violence is Israel's strategy, no matter how Israelis frame it  Haaretz

Israeli forces raided a United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees training centre.

Israeli settlers torched two mosques over the weekend in a new wave of violence targeting Palestinian towns and villages across the occupied West Bank. Meanwhile, Israeli military forces on Saturday detained over 70 Palestinians in raids across the occupied territory. This follows the killing of at least four Palestini

Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank early on Sunday, setting fire to two mosques and scrawling graffiti ​on buildings, Palestinian officials said.

Violence in the Israeli-occupied West Bank has surged since the Gaza war began.

3 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Jul 26, 2026 10:38 PM IST Children stand outside a mosque that was burned during an attack by Israeli settlers early in the morning in the West Bank village of Qusra as on its wall a Hebrew graffiti reads "Revenge Benayahu", referring to an Israeli settler killed during clashes with Palestin

Israel also arrested more than 70 Palestinians over the weekend

Two mosques have been set on fire in the Israeli-occupied West Bank in an apparent Israeli settler attack following a spate of deadly violence that killed four Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers

Mosques in West Bank are set on fire during a weekend of settler violence  AP News

Israel’s military said it detained over 70 suspects across the occupied West Bank overnight and on Saturday, a day after troops deployed across the territory following violence that left two Isrelisoldiers and four Palestinian villagers dead. Soldiers remained in the village of Tell, in the northern West Bank, where 

The Israeli military said troops sent to Qusra, which sits near several large Israeli settlements, had found graffiti and signs of arson and ‌were searching for suspects.

Palestinian officials said Israeli settlers set fire to two mosques in the occupied West Bank overnight Sunday, after this week’s deadly clashes in the territory left six people dead.Violence in the Israeli-occupied West Bank has surged since the Gaza war began with Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack on Israel.For the late

Israeli settlers torch 2 mosques in West Bank: Palestinian officials  Dawn

Israeli settlers set fire to West Bank mosques after deadly clash  Reuters