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Revealed: The IDF unit turning ‘hilltop youth’ settlers into soldiers
An investigation by +972 and Local Call uncovers how Israeli settlers from violent outposts are being inducted into 'Desert Frontier' — a new military unit responsible for severe abuses of Palestinians across the West Bank.
By
Yuval Abraham
May 3, 2023
Israeli settlers assault, injure Palestinian American attending to his land
Hilltop youth from a West Bank outpost violently beat Nasif Abdel Jaber, an elderly man suffering from cancer, then claimed he had attacked them.
By
Yuval Abraham
April 13, 2022
For one day, the villagers of Ein Samia beat Israel’s most radical settlers
Accompanied by Israeli and international activists, the residents of the rural Palestinian community Ein Samia marched to their grazing land, located between the West Bank’s most notoriously violent settlement outposts. By Oren Ziv The community of Ein Samia is comprised of 40 families living adjacent to the settlement of Kochav Hashahar, just north of East…
By
Oren Ziv
August 19, 2018
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A year since the Duma murders: Navigating justice and pain
A year after losing his parents and baby brother, six-year-old Ahmad Dawabshe returns to Duma for the first time. At court hearings for the accused murderers, settler youths taunt the remaining family members. A journey through an unimaginably painful year. “I know you spent a lot of time with the Dawabshe family in the hospital,” said…
By
Samah Salaime
July 31, 2016
Israel’s extremists aren’t as fringe as you think
If a video of religious youth stabbing a photo of a murdered Palestinian infant isn’t enough to convince mainstream Israel that there is a problem, what will? Celebrants at a Jerusalem wedding for a couple from Israel’s radical right were filmed dancing and singing as they brandished a photo of Ali Dawabsheh, the 18 month-old…
By
Lisa Goldman
December 24, 2015
Settlers protest alleged torture of Jewish teens in Tel Aviv
Israel’s security service, the Shin Bet, has been using torture against suspects in the arson-murder of an entire Palestinian family, their attorneys and friends allege. Approximately 15 far-right settlers gathered in front of Israel’s national theater in central Tel Aviv Wednesday afternoon to stage a theatrical protest against Israeli authorities’ alleged use of terror against…
By
Edo Konrad
December 23, 2015
Settlers confront IDF soldiers, and ‘price tag’ finally makes news
Clashes between settlers and Israeli forces left several border policemen hospitalized Tuesday morning. While the mainstream media was quick to condemn the settlers’ behavior, it missed the bigger story. We have been asking here for some time why the so-called “price tag” attacks don’t get the media attention they deserve. For those unfamiliar with the…
By
Noam Sheizaf
April 8, 2014
WATCH Hilltop youth: “Burn down Al-Aqsa Mosque? Of course!”
The hilttop youth, those wacky young settlers, have been in the news quite a bit of late – the number of price tag actions is on a constant rise. Yet, we rarely get to see who these “kids” really are. Last week, Channel 2 gave us a rare glimpse into the minds of some of…
By
Ami Kaufman
December 30, 2011
Settler movement changing the rules of the game
By Kobi Skolnick As the Israeli government prepares for the anticipated Palestinian bid for recognition as a state in the UN General Assembly this month, Israeli settlers in the West Bank have plans of their own: while some want to find common ground with Palestinians living there, others are looking to confront them head on,…
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+972 Magazine
September 12, 2011
The social protest and the inescapable Arab-Jewish conflict
As events at the Rothschild tent camp have recently demonstrated, whether the J14 movement likes it or not, it is forced to engage with the Palestinian issue By Noam Sheizaf and Mairav Zonszein | originally published on Dissent Magazine What started as a protest about housing prices in Tel Aviv nearly a month ago has…
By
Noam Sheizaf
August 13, 2011
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