Settler attacks and olive thefts rise
Escalating assaults by settlers and the theft of Palestinian olive harvests during the harvest season in the West Bank have been documented. A human rights organization recorded more than 168 theft incidents and 125 physical attacks against Palestinians over a 24-day period since the season began. settlers have been harvesting olives from Palestinian farms and transporting them to settlement sites to be pressed and turned into oil, amid increasing restrictions on Palestinians' access to their lands, especially near settlements established since 2022. These violations coincide with rising settlement expansion and policies of territorial annexation. There are differing stances among some Israeli rabbis; some have dared to condemn the theft of olives, while others promote the settlers' claimed "right" to harvest olives, allegedly as a religious duty, reflecting the division within Israel on this matter. These attacks have resulted in the killing of three Palestinians and numerous injuries, in the context of an ethnic cleansing campaign aimed at annexing the West Bank, amid international condemnation of the ongoing illegal actions under international law.
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