West Bank settler violence spikes ahead of Israeli elections

‘Die here or leave’: Palestinians fear spiking settler violence will only get worse as Israeli elections near

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Swelling violence in the occupied West Bank has prompted even some allies and staunch defenders of Israel to take public action.

Sept. 9, 2026, 8:03 AM EDT

By Matt Bradley

JALUD, West Bank — For three months, Mahmoud Tubassi and his family had been enduring a siege: More than a dozen young Israeli settlers surrounded his home in the occupied West Bank almost daily, pelting it with rocks and threatening his family with death.

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