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UN Flags Record Settler Violence Amid 264 New Outposts

8/5/2026

Summary

Story summary

Israel has approved 104 settlements and 160 settlement farms in the occupied West Bank since 2022.
Settlers carried out 12,000 attacks from 2023-2026, killing 82 Palestinians and creating 200 outposts.
Guard teams of settlers, armed by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir after Oct 7 2023, have joined attacks.
Israeli police closed 91 percent of settler-attack complaints without convictions, according to Yesh Din.
The United Nations warned that settler attacks are at an all-time high.

History

Historical Context

Israel seized the West Bank during the 1967 Six-Day War and soon began civilian settlements, a policy formalized by Likud leader Menachem Begin in 1977. UN data show about 450,000 settlers lived there by 2020. Since 2022 Israel approved 104 new outposts and recorded roughly 12,000 settler attacks between 2023-2026, overseen by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.

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Story summary

Israel has approved 104 settlements and 160 settlement farms in the occupied West Bank since 2022.
Settlers carried out 12,000 attacks from 2023-2026, killing 82 Palestinians and creating 200 outposts.
Guard teams of settlers, armed by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir after Oct 7 2023, have joined attacks.
Israeli police closed 91 percent of settler-attack complaints without convictions, according to Yesh Din.
The United Nations warned that settler attacks are at an all-time high.

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