settler impunity

Ibrahim Sidda, August 16, 2024. (Oren Ziv)

Israeli condemnations ring hollow after settler pogrom in Jit

Palestinians describe the latest in a surge of settler rampages in the West Bank, and demand justice for Rashid Sidda as his murderers roam free.

By Oren Ziv August 19, 2024

Shoug Al Adara in her home in At-Tuwani, December 2023. (Emily Glick)

A settler shot my husband. Then Israel bulldozed my childhood home

Zakariyah has suffered immensely since being wounded by an Israeli settler. Yet his attacker roams free, and demolitions continue to devastate our communities in Masafer Yatta.

By Shoug Al Adara June 20, 2024

Hussein Dawabsheh, head of the Duma town council, inside a burned house in the town, occupied West Bank, April 14, 2024. (Oren Ziv)

‘The soldiers opened the way for the settlers’: Pogroms surge across West Bank

Armed Israeli settlers raided more than a dozen Palestinian communities under the army’s guard, leaving a trail of death and destruction in their wake.

By Oren Ziv April 18, 2024

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Einan Tanjil (left) and another settler attack Palestinian farmers and Israeli activists in Surif, occupied West Bank. (Shay Kendler)

Meet the settlers targeted by Biden’s sanctions — and their victims

Palestinians and Israelis who’ve experienced the settlers’ attacks first-hand see the move as a positive but wholly insufficient step toward accountability.

By Oren Ziv February 8, 2024

Yehiel Indore, who is suspected of shooting and killing 19-year-old Palestinian Qosai Jammal Mi'atan in the West Bank village of Burqa, arrives for a hearing at the Jerusalem District Court, August 15, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Jewish terrorism: Like father, like son

Israel's terrorists of the '80s faced no real consequences. Now, their children can be found in gov't and media — and committing their own acts of terror.

By Sebastian Ben Daniel (John Brown) August 22, 2023

Khalija Diab, 75, stands outside her house in Turmus Ayya in the occupied West Bank, the day after settlers set it on fire, June 22, 2023. (Oren Ziv)

‘Our taxes in the U.S. are being used to kill us here’

An Israeli settler pogrom in the West Bank town of Turmus Ayya leaves Palestinians, including many U.S. citizens, wondering who will protect them.

By Oren Ziv June 23, 2023

The aftermath of an arson attack by Israeli settlers on a Palestinian house and car in Turmus Aya, occupied West Bank. (Yesh Din)

‘Like a nightmare’: 48 hours of Israeli settler terror

Exacting revenge for Jerusalem attacks, settlers across the West Bank set a house ablaze, attacked medical personnel, and erected a new outpost.

By Orly Noy January 31, 2023

Israeli settlers armed with clubs and rocks attack Palestinians in the town of Huwara, near Nablus, occupied West Bank, October 13, 2022. (Oren Ziv)

How my family came face to face with settler violence on the road to Nablus

What began as a family outing in Ramallah ended in a harrowing drive home, with military checkpoints and stone-throwing settlers at every turn.

By Yara M. Asi October 20, 2022

Hafez Hureini (center) during a hearing in Ofer Military Court, September 19, 2022. (Oren Ziv)

Armed settlers assaulted a Palestinian man. Guess who’s in jail?

Hafez Hureini had both his arms broken by settlers while he was working on his land. Now he's in detention, while his attackers remain free.

By Oren Ziv September 19, 2022

Settlers stand near a school in Burin after throwing stones toward the playground and firing in the air, West Bank, March 16, 2017. (Screenshot)

WATCH: Settlers attack Palestinian school, harass students

Settlers are caught on video throwing stones at a Palestinian school in Burin, and a settlement security guard fires his gun into the air. But the soldiers who arrive on the scene take no action against the attackers. By Yali (Yael) Marom School children in the West Bank village of Burin were harassed and attacked…

By Yali (Yael) Marom April 26, 2017

Masked settlers attack Ta'ayush activists near al-Auja, West Bank, April 21, 2017. (Screenshot)

Settler attack showcases impunity of Jewish extremists

In all my years as of activism, I have never seen or experienced such hatred as I did last Friday, when masked settlers attacked a group of Ta’ayush volunteers with clubs and stones. By Guy Hircefeld It’s been almost 10 years since I became involved in activism, much of it with Ta’ayush. I very quickly…

By +972 Magazine April 23, 2017

A Palestinian women is stretchered away with a head injury after settlers attacked the village of Huwwara, West Bank, April 22, 2017. (Yesh Din)

Wave of settler violence hits Palestinian villages in West Bank

Settlers from the radical Yitzhar settlement attack Palestinians in Urif and Huwwara, just one day after Israeli activists were assaulted by masked settlers in the Jordan Valley. By Yali (Yael) Marom Dozens of Jewish settlers assaulted Palestinians in two separate West Bank villages on Saturday, just one day after settlers attacked and injured left-wing Israelis…

By Yali (Yael) Marom April 23, 2017

A masked Jewish settler in front of Ma'on settlement, South Hebron hills, September 22, 2012. (Yotam Ronen/Activestills.org)

When remembering the Sabbath day enables settler violence

Settler violence on the Sabbath is not uncommon in the West Bank: Israeli civilians feel emboldened to attack Palestinians, knowing that law enforcement will refrain from taking serious action until the following week. By Yossi Gurvitz, for Yesh Din They came riding on a horse, two Israeli civilians armed with firearms. One of them jumped…

By +972 Magazine April 12, 2017