Violence across the occupied West Bank has reached unprecedented levels, with over two thousand Israeli attacks recorded in a single month, coinciding with fresh plans to approve nearly two thousand new settlement units. The timing of these developments has not gone unnoticed: while the world’s attention remains fixed on Gaza, an orchestrated campaign of dispossession is steadily reshaping the West Bank’s geography and demographics. Entire communities face raids, land seizures, and the destruction of their livelihoods under a pattern that Palestinians describe as systematic and deliberate.

Much of the violence has been directed at rural farmers during the olive harvest, a season symbolic of endurance and belonging. Across Ramallah, Nablus, and Hebron, settlers, often under military protection, have uprooted or torched hundreds of olive trees and vandalised farmland, striking at both the economy and the identity of local families. Seven new outposts have also been established or attempted since October, signalling an escalation in land grabs despite repeated international objections. These actions are viewed by many as part of a broader effort to erase Palestinian presence and solidify an apartheid-like reality throughout the occupied territories.

As Israel’s Higher Planning Council prepares to approve another 1,985 settlement units, bringing this year’s total to more than 28,000, Palestinian officials warn that such expansion leaves little room for a viable state. The proposed settlements, particularly in the E1 corridor linking East Jerusalem with Ma’ale Adumim, would sever the West Bank in two, a move long seen as fatal to the prospect of sovereignty. Yet international condemnation remains limited to rhetoric, with no tangible steps taken to halt construction or address the ongoing violence. On the ground, the message to Palestinians is unmistakable: displacement continues, resistance persists, and the dream of justice grows ever more fragile beneath the weight of concrete and silence.