Israeli settlers attack two Palestinian villages in the West Bank
Source: AP
By JOSEF FEDERMAN, SHLOMO MOR and MELANIE LIDMAN
Updated 1:27 PM CST, November 11, 2025
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JERUSALEM (AP) Dozens of masked Israeli settlers attacked a pair of Palestinian villages in the northern West Bank on Tuesday, setting fire to vehicles and other property before clashing with Israeli soldiers sent to halt the rampage, Israeli and Palestinian officials said.
It was the latest in a recent series of violent attacks by young settlers in the West Bank.
Israeli police said four Israelis were arrested in what it described as extremist violence, while the Israeli military said four Palestinians were wounded. Police and Israels Shin Bet internal security agency said they were investigating.
Videos on social media showed two charred trucks engulfed in flames, with a nearby building on fire. Settler violence has surged since the war in Gaza erupted two years ago. The attacks have intensified in recent weeks as Palestinians harvest their olive trees in an annual ritual.

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MaineBlueBear
(384 posts)Just a variation of the pilgrims.
Terrorists is the better description.
moniss
(8,386 posts)more or less "shoot to kill" policy for Palestinian protesters who get violent but a "policing and arrest" approach for illegal squatters who get violent. The police and IDF do little to really deter these attacks and any "investigations" are a joke at best.
iemanja
(57,139 posts)The more Palestinians dispossessed, hungry, or dead, the better. That is Israel's goal. They make that clear every single day.
ck4829
(37,215 posts)Lonestarblue
(13,125 posts)They, and the government of Israel are violating international law against settling occupied territory. Im dismayed that the US and indeed most of the world leaders refuse to do anything to stop Israels genocide, which is still continuing with IDF murders and deliberate starvation in Gaza. Countries should levy heavy sanctions on Israel and refuse to trade with them until they stop their depredations on Palestinians.
Prairie Gates
(6,828 posts)If they were in any other country, that's what they would be called. If they were in some other eras, we would call what they are doing "pogroms."
They are not "Israeli settlers attacking Palestinians." They are paramilitary death squads engaging in ethnic pogroms with the tacit approval of a sponsor state (even if a few are nominally arrested).
red dog 1
(32,132 posts)humanitarian office, more than any month since it began keeping track in 2006. (From the OP)
fujiyamasan
(978 posts)Terrorists
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