55 h. ago Stark footage of Israeli soldiers shooting dead two Palestinians shows peace is further away than ever

After footage of the shooting emerged, the UK, France, Germany and Italy released a joint statement sounding the alarm about a deadly surge in settler violence against Palestinians. This latest killing appears to be no mistake, writes chief international correspondent Bel Trew

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9 d. ago Netanyahu convenes cabinet on settler violence in the West Bank that continues unabated

Israel’s prime minister has met with top security officials to assess a rising tide of Israeli settler violence in the West Bank

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2 w. ago Israel’s president says ‘shocking’ settler violence against Palestinians must end after several injured in attack

Several injured as dozens of masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians gathered for an olive harvest in the occupied West Bank

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2 w. ago Israeli president condemns ‘serious’ attack by settlers on West Bank villages

Isaac Herzog makes rare statement on often-ignored violence as settlers injure Palestinians and attack soldiersDozens of masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, injuring four Palestinians and attacking Israeli soldiers in the latest incident of rising settler violence.The settlers attacked the Palestinian villages of Beit Lid and Deir Sharaf, setting vehicles on fire and damaging property belonging to a Bedouin community, with charred remains of cars left behind the next day. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Reuters journalist among Palestinians injured after Israeli settlers attack olive harvesters in West Bank

News agency says journalist and security adviser repeatedly beaten by masked Israeli men wielding clubs and sticks

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3 w. ago ‘Olives are everything for us’: West Bank farmers prevented from harvesting by settler violence

About 70% of town’s olives are inaccessible without risking a potentially fatal clash with Israeli settlersAround As-Sawiya, rolling hills covered in fields and orchards rise to a horizon sharp against a pristine blue sky. It is a stunning view. But look closer and it becomes clear why the few thousand residents of this small town in the north of the Israeli-occupied West Bank say they are under siege – and why the olives are still heavy on the trees two weeks after the official date of the beginning of the annual harvest.From the highest point in As-Sawiya, Mahmud Hassan, the mayor, points out the olive orchards on the other side of the highway below the town. They lie on land owned by local families but are now impossible to reach without risking a potentially fatal clash with Israeli settlers who live in settlements around the town, or with Israeli security forces, he says. In all, about 70% of the town’s olives are currently inaccessible. Continue reading...

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