Settler violence

Family and friends attend the funeral of Yehuda Dimentman in the outpost of Homesh, West Bank, December 17, 2021. (Sraya Diamant/Flash90)

An evacuated settlement becomes a symbol of Jewish extremism

Amid tensions over the fate of the West Bank outpost of Homesh, settler attacks on Palestinians have surged — often abetted by Israeli security forces.

By Oren Ziv January 3, 2022

Palestinians protest the visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin to the heritage site of ancient Susya, in Yatta, near the West Bank city of Hebron, March 14, 2021. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

Why US lawmakers should witness the Israeli occupation firsthand

A visit by Reps. Jamaal Bowman and Mark Pocan to my Palestinian village affirmed the value of politicians learning about Israel's policies on the ground.

By Nasser Nawajah December 8, 2021

Yasmin Eran-Vardy, Yaheli Chilik, and Matan Kadish, the three Israeli activists arrested in the South Hebron Hills on December 1, are brought before the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court, December 2, 2021. (Oren Ziv)

Police escalate clampdown on anti-occupation activists in the South Hebron Hills

An altercation between a settler and Palestinians leads to a police raid on a Palestinian home and the summoning of three Israeli activists for questioning. Overnight they were turned into criminals.

By Oren Ziv December 2, 2021

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Israeli settlers assaulting Palestinian residents and solidarity activists during an attack on an olive harvest in the town of Surif, South Hebron Hills, West Bank, Nov. 12, 2021. (Shay Kendler)

The soldiers got into their jeeps — and left us with a settler militia

I was in Khallet a-Daba' when Israeli settlers launched a horrific attack armed with guns and batons, after the area was closed off as a 'military zone.'

By Basil al-Adraa November 15, 2021

A security camera seen overlooking the West Bank city of Hebron, January 15, 2013. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

In Israel’s dystopia, surveilling Palestinians ‘improves their quality of life’

The army does not seem to realize how absurd it is to claim that monitoring Palestinians under occupation makes their lives better. Or it doesn't care.

By Orly Noy November 9, 2021

A settler in front of Ma'on settlement speaking with Israeli soldiers, South Hebron Hills, September 22, 2012. (Yotam Ronen/Activestills)

What I would’ve told the Knesset about settler violence — if they’d let me

I was the only Palestinian invited to address Israeli settler violence at a Knesset committee. But right-wing parliament members sabotaged the conversation.

By Ali Awad October 15, 2021

Basil al-Adraa.

Israel’s top news show falsely accuses +972 writer of framing settlers for arson

Channel 12 claims Basil al-Adraa set a structure on fire during a settler pogrom on a Palestinian village. The evidence shows absolutely nothing of the sort.

By Oren Ziv October 7, 2021

Basil al-Adraa. (Yuval Abraham)

I filmed a settler pogrom. Now the Israeli media is smearing me

Channel 12's attempt to frame me for setting a fire during a settler pogrom is part of a desperate effort to stop Palestinians from documenting the violence of occupation.

By Basil al-Adraa October 6, 2021

A car seen overturned during a settler attack on the Palestinian village of Mufagara in the South Hebron Hills. Sixty masked settlers attacked people, homes, and cars, September 28, 2021. (Alliance for Human Rights)

Scenes from a Jewish pogrom

Dozens of masked Israeli settlers lead an organized assault on the Palestinian village of Mufagara, beating and stoning residents while wreaking havoc home by home.

By Yuval Abraham and Basil al-Adraa September 29, 2021

Tareq Zbeideh (left) and his father Abed a-Razeq seen in their family home after Tareq was abducted and brutally attacked by settlers near the former settlement of Homesh, Silat a-Dahr, West Bank. (Oren Ziv)

‘I thought I would die’: Settlers abduct, brutally attack Palestinian teen

Tareq Zbeideh describes how he was kidnapped, tied, and beaten by settlers while picnicking with his friends near a settlement outpost.

By Oren Ziv and Ahmad Al-Bazz August 26, 2021

Israeli soldiers watch as settlers near the settlement of Ma'on carry sticks and threaten Palestinian, Israeli, and international activists marching together with residents of local Palestinian villages during a solidarity march in the South Hebron Hills, West Bank, September 22, 2012. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Want to report settler violence? You may soon be under investigation

Palestinians and activists in the West Bank who file complaints of settler violence are finding themselves the targets of police interrogations.

By Ali Awad August 19, 2021

Palestinians in the village of Tuba in the South Hebron Hills look on after settlers set fire to their hay bales, June 1, 2021. (Courtesy of Jaber Awad)

What Israeli soldiers don’t demolish by day, settlers burn by night

Settler violence is making it impossible to live off the land, as my family has been for generations. This is part of Israel’s strategy to force us out.

By Ali Awad July 20, 2021

A settler, armed with an automatic rifle, stands directly in front of an Israeli solider as he takes aim and opens fire at Palestinian villagers, Urif, May 14, 20201. (Mazen Shehadeh)

Joint militias: How settlers and soldiers teamed up to kill four Palestinians

A Local Call investigation reveals how on a single day in May, Israeli settlers and soldiers cooperated in attacks that left four Palestinians dead. The unprecedented spate of joint assaults has inaugurated a new era of terror.

By Yuval Abraham July 15, 2021