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This year’s olive harvest in the Israeli-occupied West Bank is the most violent in years, as settlers have attacked farmers and besieged homes, drawing condemnation from U.S. officials and others.

Spike in violence and widespread theft by terrorist settlers have plagued the West Bank olive harvest this year, a trend Palestinian residents, Israeli human rights groups and the...

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A family in the South Hebron Hills has spent more than two weeks cut off by settlers camped outside.

<p>Move comes after US photojournalist and group of European diplomats and Palestinians were assaulted in separate attacks</p><p>Israeli police have detained 10 people in a rare raid against settlers, after a weekend of extreme violence in the occupied West Bank including an attack on US photojournalist <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/18/

Masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian farmers in the occupied West Bank on Friday, burning olive trees, throwing stones and injuring residents and an American photojournalis...