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Palestinian shepherd Thiab Draghme leads his flock of sheep and goats past an Israeli flag placed on a road in the northern Jordan Valley of the occupied West Bank, June 23, 2026
ISRAELI troops abducted eight Palestinians from their homes in the West Bank today, saying they had “chased and assaulted” illegal settlers who had invaded the village of Mukhmas the day before.
Israeli rights groups have warned of escalating settler violence, with Yesh Din today releasing video footage of settlers setting fire to a Palestinian home with the family inside in Deir Dibwan two weeks ago.
Israeli settlers also attacked a march by Palestinians trying to reach their own land in al-Badoud north-east of Ramallah today while in al-Mughayyir soldiers guarded settlers who pelted villagers’ homes with stones and tried to pour toxic substances into their drinking water tanks.
Israel has stepped up its colonisation of occupied Palestine since invading Gaza in 2023, with last year seeing more settlement expansion and planning approvals for new building on Palestinian land than any year on record, according to the United Nations.
Bezalel Smotrich’s measures to extend Israeli property law into the West Bank are a continuation of a decades-long project to dispossess Palestinians and preclude statehood, argues HUGH LANNING
For those who lived in Yanoun, its disappearance is not just a local tragedy, but a stark symbol of escalating violence, displacement and impunity across the occupied West Bank, says JANE HARRIES
