Savage Beatings and Dying Trees: How West Bank Settler Violence Is Impacting Palestinians’ Olive Harvest

Savage beatings and dying trees: How West Bank settler violence is impacting Palestinians’ olive harvest

Umm Shukry inspects her olive trees one by one, just as she did every year for a decade. But this olive harvest season is different. Nearly all her trees are damaged; their branches bare and brittle.

UN News Today 07 November 2025 |

West Bank settler violence must end with accountability: UN Human Rights The UN human rights office (OHCHR) has called for an end to continuing expansion of Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. Spokesperson Thameen Al-Keetan said on Friday that “unchecked” settler violence has surged since the war in Gaza began more than two years […]

West Bank witnessed ‘unprecedented escalation’ in Israeli settler violence in October

This year’s West Bank olive harvest was marred by continued attacks by Israeli settlers and the military, amid the continued expansion of illegal outposts. Israeli military and settler violence in the occupied West Bank reached unprecedented levels last month, with more than 2,000 assaults reported, the Palestinian Colonisation and Wall Resistance Commission said Tuesday. The attacks in October coincided with the olive harvest, the season stretc…