U.S. Presses Netanyahu to Condemn Settler Attacks in Qusra
U.S. officials are urging Netanyahu to denounce the assaults as rights groups say settlers are trying to seize more land and displace Palestinians.
- On Friday, the United States urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to publicly condemn militant settlers besieging Palestinians in the West Bank, U.S. and Israeli officials said.
- Settler violence has displaced more than 2,200 Palestinians during 2026, with rights groups alleging that militant settlers are systematically seizing land in Qusra with support from Israel's far-right coalition government.
- Facing 'death to Arabs' graffiti in Hebrew, Marmar Ouda reported using metal fences to protect his home; five months ago, a settler killed his nephew during an incident injuring his brother.
- The Israeli military deployed soldiers to Qusra on Thursday to maintain security, though Ouda claimed he received no protection after filing complaints with police, and authorities did not respond to requests for comment on Saturday.
- Ezra Brownstein, a researcher for the Israeli rights group Rabbis for Human Rights, warned that settlers are "very provocatively going and literally taking over houses," as families report fleeing their homes after experiencing beatings.
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The events currently unfolding in the Palestinian village of Qusra, in the occupied West Bank, are emblematic of a situation that seems to be spiraling out of control in the region. For a week, extremist settlers have been besieging several homes housing Palestinian families, without any intervention from the Israeli army, which is also present. RFI was able to speak with one of the Palestinian women trapped in Qusra.
Palestinians in Qusra say they have faced militant settler attacks for months
Families on the outskirts of Qusra, the West Bank village where Palestinian homes have been under siege for nearly a week, said they have faced sometimes deadly attacks by militant settlers for months.
In the West Bank, Israeli and international activists have brought food to Palestinian families that have been besieged by Israeli settlers for days.
Nancy, one of the five Italians who were in Qusra in the houses of families besieged by the settlers, speaks: "Draged away by the soldiers," says Nancy, one of the five Italians who were in Quesra in the houses of families besieged by the settlers. At Fatto tells of five days isolated from the world. In the hands of the fury of the settlers: "There were men with sticks. Then the illegal militia of the settlers arrived, armed up to [...] The arti…
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