Settler pogroms

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

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

Musa Mleihat in front of the tent that is now his home, near Fasayil, occupied West Bank. (Yuval Abraham)

Palestinians struggle to rebuild their lives after West Bank settler pogroms

A surge in settler violence since Oct. 7 has robbed multiple Palestinian communities of their land and livelihoods. Now they don't know where to go.

By Yuval Abraham January 18, 2024

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President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attend a dinner at the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem, March 9, 2010. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

The waning days of the ‘special relationship’

The White House will not cut aid to Israel or stop cooperation overnight, but the day America treats Israel like any other country is nearer than we think.

By Meron Rapoport July 20, 2023

Israeli settlers attack activists from the Faz3a campaign and other groups, as well as farmers, to prevent them from picking their olive trees near an Israeli outpost of the settlement Shilo, on lands belonging to the Palestinian town of Turmus Ayya, West Bank, October 25, 2022. (Anne Paq/Activestills)

How settlers justify their pogroms

Believing the Israeli army isn't doing its job, and forgoing pragmatic strategies of the past, settlers are increasingly taking violence into their own hands.

By Shabtay Bendet July 17, 2023

Israelis block the Ayalon Highway during a protest against the Israeli government's planned judicial overhaul and in response to the removal of Tel Aviv District Commander Amichai Eshed in Tel Aviv, July 5, 2023. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

The narcissism that blinds Israelis to Jenin’s oppression

Not only did the anti-government protests not condemn the assault on Jenin, its leaders even praised the 'brave men' who took part in the invasion.

By Orly Noy July 7, 2023

Palestinians gather around parts of an Israeli armored vehicle after it was destroyed during clashes between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian fighters in the West Bank city of Jenin, June 19, 2023. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

In Jenin, Israel is unveiling the next phase of apartheid

Palestinians in West Bank cities are fast discovering that if their expulsion won’t be possible, Gazafication will be their future.

By Amjad Iraqi June 30, 2023

Left-wing activists demonstrate in central Tel Aviv following Huwara pogrom, February 27, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

This government’s pyromania may be its downfall

Huwara on fire is exactly what leading Israeli ministers wanted. But with the protest movement taking note, the next phase of their plan is no guarantee.

By Meron Rapoport March 3, 2023

Nawal Domedi looks at the entrance to her house after it had been burned in a settler pogrom in the Palestinian town of Huwara, West Bank, February 28, 2023. (Oren Ziv)

Why there are no two sides to the Huwara pogrom

Huwara is not a story of 'two sides fighting each other.' It's the story of a regional superpower that tramples over millions of disenfranchised people.

By Haggai Matar March 2, 2023