# Why Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank are pogroms

https://mins.news/en/item/30720

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-24 15:02 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/8/24/why-israeli-settler-attacks-on-palestinians-in-west-bank-are-pogroms?traffic_source=rss

> Waves of attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, often aided by Israeli forces, have intensified over the past month. Experts say the pattern increasingly meets the definition of a pogrom, while UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese has called the attacks pogroms against defenceless civilians.

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