# State-backed Israeli settler violence forces West Bank displacement: HRW

https://mins.news/en/item/27132

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-20 09:08 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/20/state-backed-israeli-settler-violence-forces-west-bank-displacement-hrw?traffic_source=rss

> Human Rights Watch says escalating Israeli settler attacks and settlement expansion are putting dozens of Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank at risk of erasure and driving forced displacement. It accuses Israeli authorities of arming and funding settlers with impunity, and calls for targeted sanctions, suspended weapons transfers and a trade ban on illegal settlements.

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