Settler pogroms

A burned children's toy following an Israeli settler pogrom in the Palestinian village of Tuba, Masafer Yatta, occupied West Bank, August 6, 2026. (Mosab Shawer/Activestills)

‘Darkness, flames, screaming’: Palestinian village terrorized by Israeli settlers

A night-time pogrom by dozens of settlers left residents wounded, houses burned, and solar panels destroyed in the isolated West Bank village of Tuba.

By Basel Adra August 7, 2026

A young Palestinian man looks through the broken window of his house after an attack by Israeli settlers the previous night in the village of At-Tuwani, Masafer Yatta, southern occupied West Bank, July 19, 2026. (Mosab Shawer/Activestills)

What an Israeli settler pogrom feels like

For the first time in my life, I found myself completely helpless. My car was engulfed in flames, but all that mattered to me was my family's survival.

By Mohammad Hesham Huraini July 27, 2026

Palestinians inspect the damage caused during overnight attacks by Israeli settlers near Al-Arroub refugee camp in Hebron, March 30, 2026. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

Israeli leaders are condemning settler attacks. It’s a smokescreen

The recent wave of denunciations from ministers, army chiefs, and right-wing pundits aims to obscure the fact that settler violence is state policy.

By Oren Ziv April 2, 2026

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Palestinians in the village of Qaryut mourn the killing of two residents who were shot dead by an Israeli settler, occupied West Bank, March 3, 2026. (Oren Ziv)

With West Bank under total Israeli closure, settlers are seizing the moment

Israeli settlers have killed two Palestinians and raided dozens of villages amid the war with Iran, as the army restricts movement and backs up the attackers.

By Oren Ziv and Basel Adra March 4, 2026

Wadha Abu Aram lies on the ground after a settler pepper‑sprayed her during an attack on her village of Qawawis, August 26, 2025. (Omri Eran Vardi)

‘They intended to kill us’: Masafer Yatta reels from bloody settler assaults

A series of pogroms in four West Bank villages left residents and solidarity activists hospitalized with head wounds, broken bones, and internal bleeding.

By Basel Adra and Mohammad Hesham Huraini September 26, 2025

Musa Jabrin Rabi’ outside the cave where settlers attacks residents in the West Bank village of Jinba, March 30, 2025. (Oren Ziv)

Israeli settlers attacked this Palestinian village — then came back in army uniform

After their brutal pogrom left a child bleeding from his head, settler-soldiers returned to ransack Jinba the same night, destroying everything in their path.

By Oren Ziv April 2, 2025

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

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

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