13 February 2024, The Guardian, by Peter Beaumont: The UK has imposed sanctions against four Israeli nationals, saying they were “extremist settlers” who had violently attacked Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The measures impose strict financial and travel restrictions on the four individuals, who Britain said were involved in “egregious abuses of human rights”.
Read MoreBiden urged to include politicians in sanctions on violent Israeli settlers
10 February 2024, The Guardian, by Chris McGreal: There are growing calls for Joe Biden to use his new executive order sanctioning violent Israeli settlers to also target political leaders, including government ministers, responsible for driving attacks against Palestinians.
Read MoreIsraeli Settlers Arrested Over Suspected Killing of 19-year-old Palestinian
Two Israeli settlers were arrested in relation to the killing of a 19-year-old Palestinian on Saturday, after clashes broke out between armed settlers and residents of the central West Bank village of Burqa on Friday night. The Palestinian was identified as Qosai Jammal Mi’tan by the Palestinian Health Ministry, who said he was shot by […]
Read MoreIsrael detains two settlers after Palestinian killed
Two Israelis have been arrested after a Palestinian teen was shot dead in the occupied West Bank in an attack by Israeli civilians on a local village, Israeli police say. Residents of the Palestinian Burqa village said Israeli settlers entered their village on Friday night, threw rocks and set fire to cars. The Palestinian Health […]
Read MoreYet Another Shepherding Community Is Driven Out by Settler Violence
Just Bobi remained under the broiling-hot, 40-degrees Celsius sun. At first he tried to run after the convoy, but he quickly became exhausted and returned to what had been his home. Confused, helpless and frightened, he ran to and fro, not understanding what had happened, where his master had gone, where the sheep had disappeared […]
Read More‘Nowhere in Palestine is free’: West Bank villagers defenceless against rising settler violence
Although it was the second day of Eid al-Adha, there were no celebrations at the family home of Omar Abu Qattin in the occupied West Bank village of Turmus Ayya. The week before, after rescuing several children from houses being attacked by Israeli settlers during an unprecedented rampage through the area, the 27-year-old was shot […]
Read MoreIt Started With a Drone. It Ended With a Deadly Raid by a Gang of Armed Settlers
No sooner had we parked our car and started walking down the dirt road that leads through olive groves into the valley – along with the head of the local council and the field researcher Abdulkarim Sadi, of the B’Tselem Israeli human rights organization – when a settler-launched drone loomed in the sky. Buzzing, brazen […]
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