In Qusra and beyond, settlers are chasing Palestinians out and taking over their homes

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : "It all escalated very quickly," he told The Times of Israel.
52% : The owner of one of the homes told The Times of Israel that he began building the house in 2021 on land that he has owned for some 20 years.
51% : Hassan told The Times of Israel by phone on Monday that settlers erected a makeshift structure in front of the entrance to his home, giving them a foothold to establish a round-the-clock presence at the property, and had cut the electricity lines.
50% : Why are you coming here?'" Since then, he told The Times of Israel, whenever he goes to the property, armed settlers arrive on an ATV and chase him away.
49% : In July, he got a closer look at what was happening in his home when Israel's Channel 14 aired footage of Tal Yinon Dardik, a settler who was detained by Israeli authorities under an administrative order over an attack in which a Palestinian was stripped and paraded around the village in March, residing in the house.
48% : The figure includes mostly Bedouins (and some Palestinian farmers) living in what the UN defines as "communities."
46% : " Some of the homeowners who spoke with The Times of Israel sounded despondent about the prospect of ever getting their homes back.
45% : A new target Over the three years from January 2023 through April 2026, some 5,900 people in the West Bank were displaced from their homes due to settler violence, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said in early July.
44% : The property sits in Area B, where, under the Oslo Accords, Israel maintains security control while the Palestinian Authority is responsible for civilian affairs.
44% : While the military order forcing him to vacate the area expired early this year, the homeowner who spoke to The Times of Israel said he had been unable to access the property due to the presence of settlers there.
42% : Police did not respond to a Times of Israel request for comment regarding the cases detailed in this article.
40% : Early Wednesday, amid heightened public pressure, the Israel Defense Forces began taking action to remove the settler activists from in front of the Qusra homes, setting off clashes.
40% : According to the UN, 45 such communities were completely displaced and another 72 were partially displaced.
39% : " The IDF did not respond to a Times of Israel request for comment on the incident.
38% : The Civil Administration did not respond to a Times of Israel request for comment.
38% : The IDF did not respond to a Times of Israel request for comment regarding the military order.
35% : Dardik's attorney did not respond to a Times of Israel request for comment.
34% : Dardik's detention and refusal to serve house arrest away from an illegal farming outpost he established in Area B of the West Bank has become a major political issue for the right wing, with Defense Minister Israel Katz intervening on his behalf.
29% : The IDF is the sovereign authority in the West Bank, but responsibility for removing Israeli trespassers who unlawfully enter private land or homes lies with the Israel Police.

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