Israeli settler activity increases in the West Bank
The West Bank is a Palestinian territory between Israel and Jordan that
been under Israeli military occupation since 1967. For decades Israeli
Jewish settlers have been creating settlements there, taking more and
more of the West Bank away from Palestinians. This has the support of
Israel’s far right government, which faces a possible loss of power in
an October election, and that’s led to a frenzy of settlement activity.
The government has legalized past settlements under Israeli law and
approved new ones in areas that are supposed to be under Palestinian
civil control.
We go to the West Bank, where Palestinian
residents say they feel like they’re being encircled by settlers trying
to take their land, sometimes violently. https://www.npr.org/2026/08/05/nx-s1-5922494/israeli-settler-activity-increases-in-the-west-bank