8 Palestinians injured by illegal Israeli settlers in occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem
November 9, 2025
A view of a damaged house of a Palestinian family burned by Israeli settlers in the village of Abu Falah near Ramallah, West Bank on November 08, 2025. [Issam Rimawi – Anadolu Agency]
Eight Palestinians were injured in the illegal Israeli settlers’ assaults in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem on Sunday, according to local sources, Anadolu reports.
Illegal Israeli settlers attacked the Al-Arara Bedouin community north of occupied East Jerusalem with stones and sticks, leaving seven Palestinians with varying degrees of injuries, according to the Bedouin rights group Al-Baidar.
The settlers burned the container houses and caused material losses to the residents.
The organization warned that “the continuation of these violations poses a direct threat to the stability of the people and their presence on their lands and paves the way for forced displacement.”
In the Umm al-Khair village of southern Hebron, southern West Bank, another group of settlers attacked Palestinians in the morning while they were working on their lands, local sources told Anadolu.
A young Palestinian was transferred to a hospital for medical attention after getting injured on his face and head.
Israeli attacks have escalated across the occupied West Bank since October 2023, killing more than 1,069 Palestinians and injuring 10,300 others, Palestinian figures showed.
According to the official Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission, Israeli forces and illegal settlers carried out 766 attacks against Palestinians, their homes, property, and sources of livelihood across the West Bank in October alone.
In a landmark opinion last July, the International Court of Justice declared Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory illegal and called for the evacuation of all settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
November 9, 2025
A view of a damaged house of a Palestinian family burned by Israeli settlers in the village of Abu Falah near Ramallah, West Bank on November 08, 2025. [Issam Rimawi – Anadolu Agency]
Eight Palestinians were injured in the illegal Israeli settlers’ assaults in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem on Sunday, according to local sources, Anadolu reports.
Illegal Israeli settlers attacked the Al-Arara Bedouin community north of occupied East Jerusalem with stones and sticks, leaving seven Palestinians with varying degrees of injuries, according to the Bedouin rights group Al-Baidar.
The settlers burned the container houses and caused material losses to the residents.
The organization warned that “the continuation of these violations poses a direct threat to the stability of the people and their presence on their lands and paves the way for forced displacement.”
In the Umm al-Khair village of southern Hebron, southern West Bank, another group of settlers attacked Palestinians in the morning while they were working on their lands, local sources told Anadolu.
A young Palestinian was transferred to a hospital for medical attention after getting injured on his face and head.
Israeli attacks have escalated across the occupied West Bank since October 2023, killing more than 1,069 Palestinians and injuring 10,300 others, Palestinian figures showed.
According to the official Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission, Israeli forces and illegal settlers carried out 766 attacks against Palestinians, their homes, property, and sources of livelihood across the West Bank in October alone.
In a landmark opinion last July, the International Court of Justice declared Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory illegal and called for the evacuation of all settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Illegal Israeli settlers set fire to Palestinian home, attack farmers, journalists in occupied West Bank
November 8, 2025
A view of a damaged house of a Palestinian family burned by Israeli settlers in the village of Abu Falah near Ramallah, West Bank on November 08, 2025.
In a separate attack, Palestinian farmers, journalists, and foreign activists sustained fractures and bruises after illegal settlers assaulted them during an olive-harvesting activity in the town of Beita, south of Nablus, Wafa said.
Mohammad Hamayel, deputy mayor of Beita, said that illegal settlers attacked participants harvesting olives in the Qamas Mountain area.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said its medical teams treated several injured people and transferred them to hospitals, but did not specify a number.
Among those injured were foreign solidarity activists, paramedics, and journalists, including Reuters reporter Raneen Sawafta and two journalists from Al Jazeera, according to local sources cited by Anadolu.
In a landmark opinion last July, the International Court of Justice declared Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory illegal and called for the evacuation of all settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
November 8, 2025
A view of a damaged house of a Palestinian family burned by Israeli settlers in the village of Abu Falah near Ramallah, West Bank on November 08, 2025.
[Issam Rimawi – Anadolu Agency]
Illegal Israeli settlers set fire early Saturday to a Palestinian home in the village of Abu Falah, northeast of Ramallah, and assaulted farmers, journalists, and foreign activists near Nablus in the occupied West Bank, local media said, Anadolu reports.
A group of illegal settlers stormed the outskirts of the Abu Falah village and torched the one-story home, causing parts of the house to burn, local sources told the state news agency Wafa.
Israeli forces raided the area and opened fire at residents who gathered near the scene, though no injuries were reported, the agency said.
The UN warned on Friday of a sharp rise in illegal Israeli settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, reporting 264 settler attacks in October alone, the highest monthly toll in nearly two decades.
“That’s the highest monthly toll in nearly two decades of record keeping, averaging more than eight incidents every single day since 2006,” UN spokesperson Farhan Haq said, citing the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Illegal Israeli settlers set fire early Saturday to a Palestinian home in the village of Abu Falah, northeast of Ramallah, and assaulted farmers, journalists, and foreign activists near Nablus in the occupied West Bank, local media said, Anadolu reports.
A group of illegal settlers stormed the outskirts of the Abu Falah village and torched the one-story home, causing parts of the house to burn, local sources told the state news agency Wafa.
Israeli forces raided the area and opened fire at residents who gathered near the scene, though no injuries were reported, the agency said.
The UN warned on Friday of a sharp rise in illegal Israeli settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, reporting 264 settler attacks in October alone, the highest monthly toll in nearly two decades.
“That’s the highest monthly toll in nearly two decades of record keeping, averaging more than eight incidents every single day since 2006,” UN spokesperson Farhan Haq said, citing the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
15 Palestinians injured as Israeli army fires live bullets, tear gas at anti-settlement protest in West Bank
In a separate attack, Palestinian farmers, journalists, and foreign activists sustained fractures and bruises after illegal settlers assaulted them during an olive-harvesting activity in the town of Beita, south of Nablus, Wafa said.
Mohammad Hamayel, deputy mayor of Beita, said that illegal settlers attacked participants harvesting olives in the Qamas Mountain area.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said its medical teams treated several injured people and transferred them to hospitals, but did not specify a number.
Among those injured were foreign solidarity activists, paramedics, and journalists, including Reuters reporter Raneen Sawafta and two journalists from Al Jazeera, according to local sources cited by Anadolu.
In a landmark opinion last July, the International Court of Justice declared Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory illegal and called for the evacuation of all settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
UN says illegal Israeli settler attacks hit highest monthly toll in nearly 20 years
November 7, 2025
Israeli forces takes extensive security measures as Jewish settlers under Israeli military protection attack Palestinian and international activists harvesting olives in the village of Soba, south of Hebron, on October 12, 2025. [Mamoun Wazwaz – Anadolu Agency]
The UN warned Friday of a sharp rise in illegal Israeli settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, marking the highest monthly toll in October in nearly two decades, Anadolu reports.
Citing the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), UN spokesperson Farhan Haq reported “a sharp rise in settler violence against Palestinians, both in frequency and severity,” during a news conference, adding: “Last month, OCHA recorded 264 settler attacks that caused casualties, property damage or both.”
He noted: “That’s the highest monthly toll in nearly two decades of record keeping, averaging more than eight incidents every single day since 2006.”
According to OCHA, more than 9,600 such attacks have been documented, with about 1,500 occurring this year alone — roughly 15% of the total, he said.
Emphasizing the “severe” impact on the humanitarian situation since October 2023, Haq said: “More than 3,200 Palestinians have been displaced due to settler violence and related access restrictions. Entire herding communities have been completely depopulated. People have been killed, hundreds injured, including with live fire, and many more have lost access to their livelihoods.”
Haq also cited OCHA data showing that “the number of Palestinian children killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank so far this year has reached 42,” meaning “one in every five Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank in 2025 has been a child.”
Israeli attacks have escalated across the occupied West Bank since October 2023, killing more than 1,066 Palestinians and injuring 10,300 others, according to Palestinian figures.
According to the official Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission, Israeli forces and illegal settlers carried out 766 attacks against Palestinians, their homes, property, and sources of livelihood across the West Bank in October alone.
In a landmark opinion last July, the International Court of Justice declared Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory illegal and called for the evacuation of all settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
November 7, 2025
Israeli forces takes extensive security measures as Jewish settlers under Israeli military protection attack Palestinian and international activists harvesting olives in the village of Soba, south of Hebron, on October 12, 2025. [Mamoun Wazwaz – Anadolu Agency]
The UN warned Friday of a sharp rise in illegal Israeli settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, marking the highest monthly toll in October in nearly two decades, Anadolu reports.
Citing the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), UN spokesperson Farhan Haq reported “a sharp rise in settler violence against Palestinians, both in frequency and severity,” during a news conference, adding: “Last month, OCHA recorded 264 settler attacks that caused casualties, property damage or both.”
He noted: “That’s the highest monthly toll in nearly two decades of record keeping, averaging more than eight incidents every single day since 2006.”
According to OCHA, more than 9,600 such attacks have been documented, with about 1,500 occurring this year alone — roughly 15% of the total, he said.
Emphasizing the “severe” impact on the humanitarian situation since October 2023, Haq said: “More than 3,200 Palestinians have been displaced due to settler violence and related access restrictions. Entire herding communities have been completely depopulated. People have been killed, hundreds injured, including with live fire, and many more have lost access to their livelihoods.”
Haq also cited OCHA data showing that “the number of Palestinian children killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank so far this year has reached 42,” meaning “one in every five Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank in 2025 has been a child.”
Israeli attacks have escalated across the occupied West Bank since October 2023, killing more than 1,066 Palestinians and injuring 10,300 others, according to Palestinian figures.
According to the official Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission, Israeli forces and illegal settlers carried out 766 attacks against Palestinians, their homes, property, and sources of livelihood across the West Bank in October alone.
In a landmark opinion last July, the International Court of Justice declared Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory illegal and called for the evacuation of all settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
(RNS) — Israel has ramped up deportations of foreigners involved in advocacy for Palestinians or demonstrations against the occupation, but the deportation of US Jews sets a precedent.
Foreign peace activists and volunteers help Palestinian farmers harvest their olive trees in the West Bank town of Silwad, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025
. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
Yonat Shimron
November 3, 2025
(RNS) — Two American Jewish women who had volunteered to harvest olives in a Palestinian village in the West Bank were deported from Israel and sent back to the United States on Friday (Oct. 31) in what human rights groups say is an escalation of hostilities toward anyone who aids or advocates for Palestinians.
The Americans, a physician in her 50s and an 18-year-old high school graduate, were volunteering as part of a four-month program run by a Jewish group, Achvat Amim, or Solidarity of Nations. Last week, the group partnered with Rabbis for Human Rights in their campaign to help Palestinians under attack from Israeli settlers.
The Jewish women’s deportations comes one week after 32 international volunteers — from the U.S. and Europe — were also deported from the same spot in the town of Burin, near the Palestinian city of Nablus, about 45 miles north of Jerusalem.
Israeli settlers have targeted the olive harvest in recent years, unleashing waves of violence and destruction. In Burin and other places across the West Bank, settlers have cut, bulldozed, uprooted and set olive trees on fire. The reasons have everything to do with the economic importance of olives.
The UN estimates that 80,000 to 100,000 Palestinian families rely on the olive harvest for their livelihoods.
The two women, whose names have not been released, are U.S. citizens with deep ties to Israel. They have family living there and have traveled there before.
“The concept of easily deporting Jews for showing up to a workday to stand with Palestinians is a complete antithesis of what the state of Israel claims to be as a refuge for Jews and a place that claims to respect human rights,” said Becca Strober, Achvat Amim’s education director. “It clearly shows the opposite.”
Deportations of U.S. Jews from Israel have been rare in the past but are growing. Since the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel, the government has ramped up deportations of foreigners involved in advocacy for Palestinians in the West Bank. This is the first time that either Achvat Amim or Rabbis for Human Rights has had any of its volunteers deported.
The two women plan to appeal their deportation, with legal help from both Rabbis for Human Rights and Achvat Amim, which have jointly hired a civil rights lawyer to assist them.
A spokesperson for the Israeli Police wrote in an email that the women had violated the conditions of their tourist visas. It did not specify what the conditions of their visas or the violations were.
“Following repeated incidents of this nature, the Judea and Samaria District Police is acting firmly and in accordance with the policy of the Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben Gvir, and the directives of Israel Police Commissioner Daniel Levy, to locate and stop foreign elements engaged in intentional provocations that generate clashes and misrepresent events in the area, undermining public safety,” the police spokesperson said.
Avi Dabush, CEO of the 37-year-old Israeli social justice organization Rabbis for Human Rights, said there were no clashes or provocations with the authorities, and the group did not resist arrest.
FILE – Avi Dabush speaks to media during a Rabbis For Human Rights demonstration in front of the Knesset in Jerusalem. (Photo courtesy Rabbis for Human Rights)
Dabush said that on Oct. 29, the group of 11 volunteers had taken a minibus to the West Bank village of Burin. As they approached a checkpoint, the group was told that the military had declared the spot a closed military zone, but the group took an alternate route to the groves. When they arrived, soldiers detained the group and took them to the police station in the town of Ariel.
There, the Israelis were questioned and released with a promise not to return for 15 days. The two Americans were told they would be deported.
“We are, of course, nonviolent, but we are trying to obey the law,” Dabush said. “It’s really frustrating because the army and the police are doing nothing to stop the violent settlers, but on Wednesday, they spend so many hours, soldiers and police officers to deal with this.”
Rabbis for Human Rights is in the midst of a 14-day campaign to help these farmers harvest their olives.
Several American rabbis have traveled to Israel to aid the campaign, including 10 rabbis from T’ruah, the U.S. human rights group. Jill Jacobs, CEO of T’ruah, said she and nine other American rabbis picked olives at a different location in the West Bank without incident on Sunday.
The deportation of the two Americans set a worrying precedent.
“I’m very concerned about the Israeli government’s crackdown on people who are supporting Palestinians and on the total impunity for settlers who are carrying out violent attacks,” said Jacobs. “And I’m very concerned for what this means for Israel’s relationship with Jews across the world, in the US and beyond, if the place that is supposed to be the Jewish homeland is deciding that they’re going to deport some Jews based on their political opinion and activities.”
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