ISRAEL has carried out a campaign of “ethnic cleansing” of Palestinians from the occupied West Bank, a top rights group said on Wednesday.

Amnesty International accused Israel of intending to annex the Palestinian territory.

The accusation came in a new, 149-page report alleging that the forced displacement of West Bank Palestinians resulted from a concerted state policy, and not just the actions of violent settlers.

While much of the displacement is driven by settlers who build outposts on Palestinian land, the report asserts that the process could not occur without the support of the government.

The international community overwhelmingly considers the settlements illegal. Israel, meanwhile, views the West Bank as disputed territory and says its final status is subject to negotiations.

UN data says that over 100 West Bank villages have been fully or partially emptied out between January 2023 and April 2026.

At the same time, the UN has tracked more than 7,280 instances of individual Palestinian displacement because of demolition of homes and structures by Israeli forces, a figure that includes people who were displaced more than once.

Israel has in the past denounced such accusations, including allegations of “ethnic cleansing,” a term referring to forced expulsions of population by violence, as reflecting longtime unfair bias.

It did not immediately respond to the report.

“These abuses are not the result of a few ‘bad apples.’ Settler violence is a core component of a state-sanctioned campaign of ethnic cleansing,” said Agnes Callamard, the head of Amnesty.

“What we are witnessing is deliberate, state-led annexation, in complete violation of international law unfolding before the eyes of the entire world.”

Over 700,000 Israelis now live in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, areas captured by Israel in the 1967 Middle East war.