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Israeli settler take-over

How Israeli settlers use outposts and violence to seize Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank.

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West Bank: settlers using drones to monitor Palestinians

"We feel like we’re being watched all the time." In the occupied West Bank, Palestinian farmers are speaking out against the extensive use of drones by Israeli settlers and the Israeli military. According to activists and researchers, this practice is aimed, in part, at monitoring new Palestinian construction. In 2026, the Israeli government allocated a budget of 50 million shekels (over 14 million euros) to outposts and illegal settlements in the West Bank to fund so-called "security" equipment—which includes these drones.

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Palestinians in West Bank fear further escalation of violence if Netanyahu remains PM

Ramallah residents say they hope to see Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lose power in elections. "Netanyahu remaining in power means that there will be a clash, a build-up of tension and an explosion in the region", says one resident. Israel has committed the crime against humanity of "extermination" in the West Bank, while continuing to commit "genocide" against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, United Nations-mandated investigators said Monday (October 27).

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