Published On 8/11/2025
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Last update: 23:50 (Mecca time)
Settler violence against the Palestinians of the occupied West Bank is on the rise, as part of the activity of extremist Israeli organizations that have been carrying out these attacks for years, and often start from illegal settlements, even according to Israeli laws.
Israeli settlers – under the eyes of the occupation forces and police – attack Palestinian villages and towns, and the frequency of these attacks increases with the olive harvest season.
At the forefront of these organizations is the “Hill Boys” organization, which appeared after the second intifada in 2001, and from it the “Hill Girls” group was born beginning in 2005.
The philosophy of this organization is based on occupying hills overlooking Palestinian villages and farms, then gradually expanding to turn into an illegal settlement outpost, according to a report broadcast by Al Jazeera.
This organization committed killings, burning homes, and vandalizing property, and American and European sanctions were issued against it during the past year.
On Friday, the United Nations said that Israeli settlers carried out 264 attacks against West Bank Palestinians during last October, the highest monthly toll in nearly 20 years.
Israel occupied the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, in 1967, in a move considered a clear violation of the United Nations Charter and the principles of international law, and refuses to withdraw from it and establish an independent Palestinian state.
Likewise, the so-called “Price Collection Group” is active in the West Bank, which is an extremist youth group that has carried out attacks on Palestinian and Arab property within the “Green Line,” and deliberately leaves racist signatures and slogans in the places where it carries out its operations.
As for the “Guardian of Judea and Samaria,” it is a volunteer organization founded in 2013 to protect farms and illegal settlements. It supports settler violence, and British sanctions were issued against it in 2024.
The “Regional Defense Brigades” – which were formed by the Israeli occupation army after the events of October 7, 2023 – also stand out by recruiting 5,500 settlement residents to serve in their areas and near nearby Palestinian villages.
This organization serves about 7,000 people, and is active in acts of violence, threats, and destruction of Palestinian property.
Settlers’ violence aims to make Palestinian agriculture unsustainable and push the Palestinian population to displacement, among the major goals of the occupation to annex more parts of the West Bank.