UN experts warn of rising settler violence, displacement risk in occupied Palestinian territory

UN experts on Monday warned of a sharp rise in Israeli settler violence in the occupied Palestinian territory, saying the attacks pose an existential threat to Palestinian communities and risk accelerating forced displacement, Anadolu reports. In a statement, the experts said settler attacks, allegedly carried out with the support or acquiescence of Israeli authorities, have become a “daily terror” for Palestinians and are creating conditions that force people from their homes. “The escalating violence, carried out with full impunity, serves as an instrument of coercion in the hands of the occupying power, facilitating ethnic cleansing,” they said. The experts said settler brutality had reached “unprecedented levels” in 2026, with at least 13 Palestinians killed and nearly 500 injured in the first five […]