Current section

Print in a simple, ad-free format

Ad-free and in a comfortable reading format

Settler leaders provide Jewish rioters in the West Bank with political support and protection from the Shin Bet and the police - who by law are supposed to punish them

A violent and criminal effort is underway to ethnically cleanse territories in the West Bank. Gangs of armed settlers persecute, harm, wound and even kill Palestinians living there. The rampages include burning olive groves, houses and cars; breaking into homes; and physically assaulting people.