WorldIsraeli settlers are waging a campaign of violence and intimidation against the Palestinian village of Qusra in the occupied West Bank. Residents say their electricity and water have been cut off to force them from their homes. France 24 correspondent Noga Tarnopolsky says Israel’s defence minister is using settler violence as political propaganda, while the army has not been ordered to remove violent settlers by far-right political forces.
WorldIsraeli settlers are waging a campaign of violence and intimidation against the Palestinian village of Qusra in the occupied West Bank. Residents say electricity and water have been cut to pressure families to leave. The IDF has formally intervened and condemned the violence, but failed to deter settlers whom Palestinians say have long benefited from soldiers turning a blind eye.
WorldXavier Abu Eid, a political analyst and former communications director for the Palestine Liberation Organization, discusses escalating settler attacks in the occupied West Bank and Israel’s role in protecting settlements and displacing Palestinians.
WorldActivists are approaching Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank village of Qusra after Israeli settlers besieged families there for several days. The mayor said Israeli troops took positions inside Palestinian homes on August 13. Palestinians say the siege is intended to drive them from their land.
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WorldIsraeli settlers diverted a spring that served as a lifeline for the Palestinian village of Fasayil in the occupied West Bank. They cut irrigation pipes in June and turned the spring into a tourist attraction, leaving nearby farms barren.
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WorldFor days, Loui Ridi has monitored from Ohio, via a security camera, settlers gathering outside his family’s home in Qusra, an occupied West Bank village. Israeli forces say they dismantled illegal outposts and sent more troops, while US Ambassador Mike Huckabee condemned the settlers. Ridi says the settlers still move freely and that his family needs protection, not statements.
HealthThousands of cancer patients in Gaza are waiting to be evacuated abroad amid a severe lack of treatment options. Israel has allowed only 11,000 patients to leave through the Rafah Crossing—less than half the number expected under the October ceasefire agreement. Khuloud Abu Sahmoud, 33, has gone three months without treatment, relying on painkillers while waiting to leave with her child. Elham Al-Skafi, 38, has had a transfer referral for a year and a half.
WorldIn Qusra, a village in the occupied West Bank, Israeli settlers surrounded Palestinian families’ homes for days in what was described as a new tactic to illegally seize land. The Israel Defense Forces were sent to break up the blockade. A spokesman for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office called the settlers’ actions “deplorable” and said those responsible would be prosecuted.
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WorldIsraeli troops took up positions inside Palestinian homes in the West Bank village of Qusra, the mayor said. Settlers had trapped Palestinian families there this week in what Palestinians say is an effort to force them off their land.
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WorldViolence by illegal Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank has intensified in recent days, prompting a UN warning that the territory is at a “breaking point.” The US ambassador to Israel has unusually condemned settlers besieging Palestinian homes near Nablus, calling their conduct criminal and an “act of terror.” Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Bryza also weighs in.
WorldIn the Palestinian village of Qusra, mother Ruqaya Hassan says settlers dug up and blocked the main road to her home, stationed themselves in a room overlooking it and attacked people who tried to pass. Her daughters have developed severe anxiety; one is too afraid to use the bathroom, fearing an assault, and wets the bed during both day and night.
WorldIsraeli settlers have barricaded three Palestinian homes in Qusra while Israeli forces try to evacuate families in the name of “security”. Residents say settler attacks have persisted for decades without accountability, and many believe the current operation is merely for the cameras before the settlers return.
WorldIsrael’s military says it will send more troops to the occupied West Bank after failing to remove settlers who have trapped two Palestinian families in their homes since Sunday. The Abu Ridi and Hassan families in Qusra, south of Nablus, say their water and electricity were cut off and their food is running low.
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WorldAmid Gaza’s bombed-out rubble, beekeepers are tending swarms and gathering limited honey from colonies that survived the war. Ibrahim al-Dabbeh, who heads the Cooperative Association of Beekeepers in the Gaza Strip, says the conflict destroyed more than 95% of the bee sector as they try to revive an industry nearing extinction.
WorldIsraeli forces moved on Thursday against rogue settlers besieging Palestinians, amid unusually strong criticism from the United States. The action came as Israel inaugurated an emblematic settlement elsewhere in the West Bank.
WorldIsraeli settlers have besieged three homes in the occupied West Bank for several days, including one belonging to a Palestinian American. The US ambassador called it a “horrific act of terror” on Thursday. Allegra Pacheco of the West Bank Protection Consortium discusses the situation.
WorldIsraeli forces moved on Thursday against rogue settlers besieging Palestinians, amid unusually forceful criticism from the United States. Israel also inaugurated a symbolic settlement elsewhere in the West Bank. The US ambassador condemned the siege as an “act of terror.”
WorldThe Israeli army raided Qusra in the occupied West Bank and imposed a curfew as tensions rise. Illegal Israeli settlers have continued besieging Palestinian families for a fourth consecutive day. Brendan Ciaran Browne of Trinity College Dublin discusses the situation.
WorldIsraeli forces raided Qusra and imposed a curfew while illegal Israeli settlers continued besieging Palestinian families in the occupied West Bank town. US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, a staunch supporter of Israeli settlements, strongly condemned the attacks. Analyst Osama Nazzal also commented.
WorldIsraeli forces shot and injured two Palestinians on Wednesday in Khan Younis, southern Gaza. The military continues to hold positions along the so-called Yellow Line, which separates areas occupied by soldiers from zones where Palestinians may move. Nearby families report repeated attacks and demolitions.
World5:12Three Palestinian families in Qusra, in the occupied West Bank, have been besieged by Israeli settlers. Israeli forces are trying to evacuate the settlers after months of attacks and intimidation traumatised residents, including children. Similar incidents have driven Palestinians from their homes, which settlers sometimes take over.
HealthA 33-year-old Gazan mother with ovarian cancer has gone without treatment for three months, while the disease has spread to her bones and lungs. Since Israel attacked the enclave, cancer patients like her have been dying at twice their previous rate.
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WorldIsraeli settlers have surrounded and blockaded three Palestinian families inside their homes in the occupied West Bank as an effort to take their land continues. Footage from a village south of Nablus shows settlers and soldiers encircling one house. Families say rocks and tents have blocked entrances since Sunday, while Israeli forces have not cleared them.
WorldIsraeli settlers have been surrounding two Palestinian families inside their homes in the occupied West Bank since Sunday. The families say their supplies are running low, while rights groups are calling on authorities to intervene. Israeli security forces reportedly pulled out of a Jewish settler outpost in Qusra village near Nablus after clashes with a crowd described as extremist settlers. Around a dozen settlers are reportedly still at the site.
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