Hadash candidates join protest against settler terror

According to Zo Khadarek, settlers intensified their attacks in several locations across the occupied West Bank early Sunday morning. During the attacks, two mosques and a residential building were set on fire, residents were injured, and property and infrastructure were destroyed. A new outpost was established in Umm Safa. In the Tulkarm district, settlers set fire to parts of a mosque in the village of Khur, damaged its contents, and sprayed racist graffiti on its walls. In the Nablus district, settlers set fire to a mosque under construction in the town of Qusra, causing the burning of wood and tools on the site. In Beit Furik, settlers set fire to parts of the home of Obadah Mlitat. The fire was extinguished before it spread, and racist graffiti calling for revenge against Arabs was sprayed on the walls.

In the Ramallah district, several workers were injured in an attack on a stone-cutting factory in the Ein Samiya area, east of the village of Malek. The settlers beat the workers and set fire to heavy equipment. In the village of Umm Safa, northwest of Ramallah, settlers invaded the Wadi a-Zaytun area, which covers about 4,000 dunams, and set up tents there as part of a new outpost. In the northern Jordan Valley, settlers prevented farmers from grazing their herds in the pastures adjacent to their tents in Khirbet Samra and forced them to leave.

In Idna, west of Hebron, armed settlers entered the eastern part of the town, under the protection of the occupation forces, to prevent residents and farmers from reaching their lands. At the same time, soldiers blocked the path of residents and students to the bypass road, fired at them and also tried to prevent public buses from stopping near the closed gate. The restrictions in place have been in place for three years. In the Bethlehem district, settlers destroyed a water network in the village of Al-Mania and attacked residents who tried to repair it with stun grenades. No casualties were reported.

As mentioned, settlers established a new outpost on the lands of the village of Umm Safa this morning. The head of the village council, Marwan Sabah, told Wafa News Agency that additional outposts have recently been established in Jabal a-Ras, in the area between Umm Safa and Jibia and near the village of Deir a-Sudan. He warned that Umm Safa is now almost completely isolated from its surroundings, and that the residents have almost no land left, except for the areas on which their houses are built. According to a report by the Palestinian Authority on opposition to the fence and settlements, in the first half of 2026, settlers established 42 outposts on Palestinian lands, most of them pastoral farms, including four in the West Bank. Thirteen of the outposts were established in the Hebron district, nine in the Ramallah district, eight in the Nablus district, and four in the Bethlehem district. The Authority noted that their establishment was accompanied by attacks against land, property, and trees, as part of a policy of establishing facts on the ground under the auspices of the occupation army.

In addition, five vehicles were set on fire in the village of Beitlu. Tractors and trucks were also set on fire near Khirbet Abu Falah. Two wounded Palestinians were evacuated to the hospital from the scene, apparently injured from beatings they suffered. Palestinian media reported that in the village of Tel, settlers, with the help of soldiers, attempted to enter a building under construction. The Red Crescent reported that a Palestinian was injured by soldiers in the village. It was also reported that the occupation forces took control of two residential buildings in Madama, south of Tel, as well as another building in the village of Jalud.

Meanwhile, nine protesters were arrested at a demonstration against the occupation and settler terror, which was held on Kaplan Street near the Kirya in Tel Aviv. The demonstration, initiated by the Peace Partnership and Hadash, was held in parallel with another protest in Emil Habibi Square in Haifa.

The police declared the demonstration against the occupation and settler terrorism in Tel Aviv illegal and arrested the activists. Before the demonstration was forcibly dispersed, the chairman of the Hadash list for the Knesset, Dr. Yosef Jabarin, spoke and called on the entire Israeli public to oppose settler terrorism "from the very heart of the right-wing government." Jabarin also attacked the Zionist opposition parties, which chose to accept the settlers' narrative instead of condemning the ongoing terrorism they are perpetrating against Palestinians in the West Bank and acting against it, under the auspices and encouragement of right-wing government ministers and Knesset members. Another candidate on the Hadash list, Dr. Nahaya Shahi, said: "I participated in the demonstration in Tel Aviv to say in a clear voice: Enough with the settler terrorism. Enough with the occupation. We cannot remain silent in the face of the escalation of violence in the West Bank. "Instead of protecting the freedom of protest, the police arrested nine demonstrators and forcibly dispersed the demonstration. Only an end to the occupation will ensure a future of justice, equality, and security for all of us, Jews and Arabs alike."

(Photo: Zo Khadarek)