{"id":315833,"date":"2026-05-11T12:00:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T11:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=315833"},"modified":"2026-05-05T19:01:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T18:01:44","slug":"with-world-distracted-by-war-extremist-settlers-intensify-attacks-in-west-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2026\/05\/with-world-distracted-by-war-extremist-settlers-intensify-attacks-in-west-bank\/","title":{"rendered":"With World Distracted by War, Extremist Settlers Intensify Attacks in West Bank"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mourners carrying the body of Amir Odeh, 28, who was killed in an attack by Israeli settlers in the village of Qusra, in the West Bank, in March.
Credit…Zain Jaafar\/Agence France-Presse \u2014 Getty Images<\/p><\/div>\n

Israel has failed to arrest a wave of violence against Palestinians, prompting military officials to urge the government to intervene.<\/em><\/p>\n

4 May 2026\u00a0<\/em>– When Israeli settlers attacked his West Bank village, Moatasem Odeh saw his son Amir, 28, fatally shot. Then he was stabbed repeatedly and beaten unconscious.<\/p>\n

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The attack in Qusra, on March 14, was one of many in a wave of brutal violence in the West Bank over the past two months.<\/p>\n

Villagers might have once driven the attackers away by throwing stones, said Mr. Odeh, 46, but settlers now routinely carry guns. \u201cWe are helpless,\u201d he said, \u201cand they know it.\u201d<\/p>\n

With the world\u2019s attention focused on the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran and its proxies, extremist settlers acting with seeming impunity have intensified their attacks on Palestinians across the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Their campaign of violence and intimidation is emptying out entire villages and leaving countless Palestinians fearing what each nightfall might bring.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n