Last summer we reported on the repeated arsons that ravaged the agricultural enclave of the Palestinian village of Husan, swallowed by the massive ultra-Orthodox settlement of Beitar Illit. That story is part of a wider pattern - settlers’ arsons across the West Bank. Thread. 1/ In recent years, settlers have set hundreds of fires. At first, the targets were cars, shops, agricultural structures, equipment, and sometimes mosques. >>

1/ "You understand me. You understand me very well. You — not be here. Go. Yalla, ta‘al. Take your things and leave. Listen to me and listen well, I’m talking here… You, translate me. OK? Good. >> 2/ You have exactly… now 32. By 35 I want all of you gone. Three minutes. Three minutes on the clock. You can’t be here. I don’t care what you say. Yalla, go”. >>

We’ve long planned to write about events along Route 5, between Za’atara (“Tapuach”) Junction and the violent settlement of Migdalim. The killing of 24 year old Moein Asfar from Aqraba by settlers from a nearby illegal outpost last Saturday makes it urgent. A thread. 1/ Let us begin with some historical and geographical context: Route 5, referred to by settlers as the “Trans-Samaria Highway”, was first paved by Israel in the early 1980s. >>

Avraham Zarbiv, famed for demolishing homes in Gaza, lives in an illegal house in Beit El with a 25-year-old demolition order. In 2025 Israel, destroying Gaza earns prestige, and you can even get a mortgage on an illegal house in the West Bank, as long as you’re Jewish. Thread. 1/ Avraham Zarbiv is the kind of public figure whose very fame reflects something profound about the miserable state of the society he comes from. >>

The army plans to expel 1,500-2,000 Palestinians from Fire Zone 918 in Masafer Yatta, claiming that they are not "permanent residents", while 11 settler's outposts remain untouched. In the West Bank, Fire Zones aren't for training - they're for ethnic cleansing. Thread. 1/ Last Tuesday (June 17, 2025), a document was circulated within the IDF Central Command headquarters and it deserves close attention. >>

As expected, As war with Iran rages, settlers escalate land grabs NE of Ramallah: new outposts, roadblocks, arson, uprooted trees all under army protection & gov’t policy. Land theft in broad daylight, as the state looks away. Thread. 1/ After settlers, with the help of the army, succeeded in expelling most of the Palestinian shepherd communities and clusters from the east and northeast of Ramallah >>

1/ Last Thursday (June 12, 2025), we published a piece on the Zman Israel news website, a short story that captures the spirit of our times and the reality of the place we live in. >> 2/ It turns out that Mr. Avichai Tan’ami, who was recently appointed by the 'Minister of Defense' Israel Katz as the 'coordinator for addressing the Hilltop Youth', himself resides in a house that was built in an illegal outpost and has a pending demolition order against it. >>

Ministers Smotrich and Strouk gave 21 Rangers to settlers in the South Hebron Hills. Now, “modern pioneers” use them to harass a Palestinian shepherd family—circling, filming, calling for backup. The gift is doing its job. Thread. 1/ In early April, Ministers Smotrich and Strouk of the far-right, fundamentalist racist Religious Zionism party handed out 21 4X4 Ranger vehicles to settlers in farm outposts across the South Hebron Hills. >>

1/ On Sunday morning (18.5.2025), the residents of the Bedouin shepherds community of Mughayyir Al-Dir received a "surprise" that has become all too familiar to Palestinian shepherd communities in Area C, and increasingly even in Area B, in recent years: >> 2/ settlers had established a new outpost nearby. What does a “new outpost” look like? A few shade nets, fences, a herd that were brought to the site, and most importantly a handful of young settlers guarded by armed militia members. >>

Just 4 days before the state was due to demolish illegal homes in the settlement of Eli, it revived the long-frozen land registry process — to retroactively legalize what it vowed to remove. Judicial overhaul? In the West Bank, there's nothing left to overhaul. Thread. 1/ The core of the judicial overhaul that is being pushed by Israel’s racist and corrupt government is the subjugation of the judiciary and its decisions. >>

1/ The past few months have been among the most violent in the West Bank, with escalating attacks by Israel and its settlers. >> 2/ As a result, we have not had the chance to share until now that our appeal against the ruling in the lawsuit filed by the settler Zvi Bar Yosef has been accepted by the Jerusalem District Court. >>

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A new illegal outpost is being built "in broad daylight" – above a Bedouin community, with clear backing from the state. This is the method: the state looks away, settlers act – and the expulsion and the expulsion goes on. Thread >> 1/18 Three weeks ago (March 18), a bulldozer began breaking a new unauthorized road up a hill just a few dozen meters east of the Museum of the “Good Samaritan”, which is operated by the Israeli Nature and Parks Authority >>

1/ Two pogroms recently took place just a few days apart in two different Palestinian villages. The first one occurred in the village of Jinba, located in the area of Massafar Yata. The second one occurred in the village of Duma, east of Nablus. >> 2/ Although these are distinct regions with different communities, what they share is that both attacks were carried out by settlers who came from nearby shepherd outposts. And that is an important point to address. >>

1/ A new report in collaboration with @peacenowisrael: The Bad Samaritan - Land Grabbing by Israeli Settlers in the Occupied West Bank Through Grazing. >>
keremnavot.org/the-bad-samari… 2/ The rise of the extreme right wing government in early 2023 and the outbreak of war on October 7, 2023, have allowed the most nationalist and violent groups in Israeli society to act as they wish in the West Bank. >>

The Ein Prat pre-military preparatory program is establishing an illegal outpost east of the violent settlement of Kfar Adumim. The outpost is being built in an area from which Palestinians were expelled by local settlers with the assistance of the army. A thread. >> 1/ What does the Pre-Military Preparatory Program prepare you for? The Ein Perat pre-military preparatory is part of the association 'Ein Prat – the Academy for Leadership', which was founded in 2001. >>

In Ras Ein Al Auja, dozens of settlers armed with weapons and clubs robbed about 1,000 sheep over the weekend. This incident is part of a coordinated campaign that has been unfolding across the West Bank over the past year to expel shepherd communities. A Thread >> 1/ In recent months, we have written several times about the situation in the Al Auja area, north of Jericho. In recent years this area has become one of the key targets for settlers who have been trying to seize it through violence. >>

1/19 At the end of our previous post, where we described the expulsion of several Palestinian shepherd communities from their homes, we briefly described the expulsion of the shepherd community that had lived for many years west of the Palestinian village of Al Luban Al Gharbi >> 2/ northwest of Ramallah. Today, we want to revisit and discuss what happened there. >>

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1/24 A new wave of attacks and expulsions targeting Palestinian shepherd communities has been unfolding over the past two weeks. This is a continuation of the mass expulsion campaign that began immediately after the outbreak of the war. >>

haaretz.com/israel-news/20… 2/ An expulsion that is affecting dozens of shepherd communities in Area C. Now, the settlers, along with the army and police, continue to expel communities they had previously failed to expel, some of which are within the Palestinian Authority controlled areas. >>

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1/16 The massacre that was carried out by Hamas in the western Negev and the 16 months that have passed since, have stirred dark sentiments across large segments of the Israeli public. >> 2/ You can see the devastating consequences that are evident in the large-scale destruction Israel has inflicted on the Gaza strip and its population. >>

1/24 On Monday, February 10, 2025, Mr. Yossi Segal, the "Custodian of Abandoned and Governmental Property in Judea and Samaria”, whom we have written about several times in the past, had an especially busy day. >> 2/ On that day, he signed no fewer than 6 separate announcements regarding the "Approval of permits for temporary use of state lands for grazing purposes". Each of the 6 notices includes a map indicating the specific areas Mr. Segal intends to allocate. >>
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1/20 Last Wednesday (February 5, 2025), Guy Yifrach, the mayor of the settlement of Ma'ale Adumim, uploaded a three minute video titled "I Cancel the Left Turn to Al Eizariya". Yes, you read that right, Yifrah is personally "canceling the left turn to Al Eizariya". >> 2/ "Ma'ale Adumim will no longer be a transit station… Canceling the left turn is big news, and I am very proud of it." Later in the video, it becomes clear that Yifrach is not exactly the one canceling the left turn to Al Eizariya. Rather, a series of officials did so. >>