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News Articles: Israeli settlers

Hamdan Ballal, an Oscar-winning Palestinian co-director of <em>No Other Land</em>, is released from a police station in the West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba on Tuesday, a day after being detained by the Israeli army following an attack by Jewish settlers.

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Hamdan Ballal, a Palestinian director beaten by Israeli settlers, is now released

Hamdan Ballal, who won an Oscar for No Other Land about Palestinians under Israeli occupation, was attacked by Israeli settlers and later detained by Israeli security forces, his lawyer tells NPR.

March 25, 2025
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  • Kat Lonsdorf
"No Other Land" tells the story of a Palestinian town in the West Bank that was bulldozed by the Israeli government for use as a military training zone.

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Palestinian and Israeli filmmakers team up to create 'No Other Land'

This Oscar-nominated documentary, which tells the story of the Israeli military's demolition of Palestinian homes in the West Bank, was created by a team of two Palestinian and two Israeli filmmakers.

January 31, 2025
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  • Justin Chang
Noor Assi, 15, sits on his bed while watched by his 5-year-old sister Jenna in the village of Qarawat Bani Hassan, Israeli-occupied West Bank, on Feb. 23. <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/the-picture-show/2024/10/08/g-s1-22630/photos-palestinian-family-impact-israeli-settler-violence-occupied-west-bank"target="_blank"   >Click here for the full story.</a>

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One boy's story shows the impact of rising Israeli settler violence in the West Bank

After his father was killed by Israeli settlers raiding his village in the central West Bank, he says, 15-year-old Noor Assi sometimes envies other teens, but says, "I have a family to take care of."

October 08, 2024
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  • Ayman Oghanna
Palestinian women pray outside the Dome of the Rock in East Jerusalem during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, on April 3.

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Tension at Al-Aqsa Mosque is deepening with each day of the Israel-Hamas war

Friction between Palestinians, Jewish activists and police over Jerusalem's religious sites are a flashpoint of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The war in Gaza has brought the tensions to the fore.

April 10, 2024
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  • Fatma Tanis
Nadav Weiman, deputy director of Breaking the Silence, walks through the abandoned Palestinian village of Zanuta in the occupied West Bank on Feb. 19.

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  • Middle East

Israeli settlers step up attacks on Palestinian farms, expanding West Bank outposts

NPR visits one West Bank town where Israelis are grazing sheep, in a place where a Palestinian school once stood.

March 23, 2024
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  • Eleanor Beardsley
A member of the Israeli security forces stands guard. An attack against troops was reported near the West Bank city of Hebron on Feb. 1. Many settlers have joined the military's regional defense units since the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas-backed militants.

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  • Middle East

Israeli settlers are guarding the West Bank. Palestinians say it's worsening violence

In Hebron, many settlers have joined the ranks of the Israeli military. Palestinians and Israeli human rights activists say the result has been abuse and harassment.

February 19, 2024
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  • Geoff Brumfiel
President Biden issued an executive order on Thursday targeting Israeli settlers in the West Bank who have been attacking Palestinians in the occupied territory.

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Biden issues order targeting Israeli settlers who attack West Bank Palestinians

President Biden's executive order, issued Thursday, names four people and will lay the groundwork for financial sanctions against Israeli settlers who carry out violent assaults.

February 01, 2024
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  • James Hider

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