Samaria Settler Council

Jewish settler clears the rubble from structures demolished by the IDF in the unauthorized Jewish settlement outpost of Mitzpe Yitzhar, West Bank, on 15 December 2011. (Kobi Gideon / Flash90)
How one hilltop became an incubator for Israeli settler violence
The Israeli government has done little to stop the religious settlers of Yitzhar, whose extremist doctrine is instigating waves of violence against Palestinians in the West Bank.
By Natasha Roth-Rowland January 2, 2020
Palestinian anti-occupation activist Nasser Nawajah is accompanied by Israeli attorney Gabi Lasky (right) as he enters the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court, January 20, 2016. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)
It’s open season on anyone opposing the occupation
There is a campaign being carried out against anyone actively opposing the occupation in Israel, and it doesn’t matter if you’re an activist in the field, a human rights attorney or a former soldier talking about what you were ordered to do. “Activists from the shady organization, “Ta’ayush,” who we tracked from within and outside,…
By Noam Sheizaf January 23, 2016
The alternative, joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day ceremony, 2014. (Photo by Dan Haimovich)
Settler group tries to shut down bi-national Memorial Day event
The Samaria Settler Council, the same group that recently released a video defaming human rights groups with anti-Semitic imagery, petitions the defense minister to stop Palestinians from participating in, and to pass a law banning an alternative Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day ceremony. An Israeli settler group is trying to shut down the 10th annual joint Israeli-Palestinian…
By Haggai Matar April 19, 2015
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