hilltop youth

Illustrative photo of settlers near the Desert Frontier base in Rujum al-Naqa. (Photo: Dror Etkes)

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

Nasif Abdel Jaber, a Palestinian American attacked by Israeli settlers from the outpost of Ramat Migron. (Courtesy of the Abdel Jaber family)

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

The villagers of Ein Samia wave Palestinian flags at an abandoned structure built by settlers, as part of the notoriously radical Baladim outposts, August 15, 2018. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

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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The Dawabshe grandfather stands in the charred home in which his family members were murdered by extremist Jewish settlers, Duma, West Bank, July 31, 2015. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

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

An Israel youth covers his face with with a flag during the "Jerusalem Day" march held by Israeli nationalists to celebrate 48 years of the Israeli occupation of East Jerusalem, May 17, 2015.

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

Hilltop youth settlers protest the torture of Jewish minors by the Shin Bet, central Tel Aviv, December 23, 2015. (photo: Edo Konrad)

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

File photo of settlers threatening Israeli activists and Palestinians with sticks in front of the Ma´on settlement, South Hebron hills. (Photo by: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

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

Settlers harass Palestinians in Susyia (Photo: Activestills)

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,…

By +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