The takeover by Israeli settlers of homes inside a Palestinian city in the occupied West Bank represents a dangerous escalation in Israel’s dispossession of Palestinians across the territory.

Israeli settlers moved into houses they say they purchased near the occupied West Bank city of Jericho this week, while Palestinian officials say the sale documents were forged. An AFP reporter saw families with children moving into homes on the outskirts of the ancient city in the West Bank. Palestinians fear that…

Israeli settlers seized eight Palestinian homes on Wednesday in the village of al-Duyuk al-Tahta, west of Jericho, in the occupied West Bank, Wafa news reported. Palestinian security sources told Wafa that the settlers, accompanied by their families, stormed the eight homes, which were empty at the time of the raid,…

Israeli settlers and forces attacked Palestinians across the occupied West Bank on Saturday, injuring at least four people and targeting farmers during the olive harvest, Palestinian news agency Wafa reported. Near Salfit, settlers severely beat Palestinian resident Taysir al-Qaoud north of his town, Kafr al-Dik. He…