Israeli settler violence

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Israeli settlers have carried out acts of violence, intimidation, property damage, and other reported attacks mainly in the West Bank against Palestinians. Israeli settler violence has been documented since at least the late 20th century and includes incidents such as physical assaults, arson, vandalism, sexual violence, and shootings. Human rights and international organisations describe the system of control in the occupied territories as amounting to Israeli apartheid and report systematic violence in this context. Multiple reports have also described cases in which Israeli security forces were either accompanying or reportedly supporting the attackers, raising concerns over enforcement and accountability. In November 2021, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz discussed the steep rise in the number of incidents between settlers and Palestinians in the West Bank, many of which result from attacks by residents of illegal settler outposts on Palestinians from neighboring villages. Settler...

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