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Rights groups link settler violence to Israeli state policy in West Bank.
Image credit: Al Jazeera English
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Rights groups warn that settler violence in the occupied West Bank serves a state agenda of Palestinian displacement and territorial annexation, Al Jazeera English reported. The analysis rejects Israeli government claims of distance from such attacks, arguing that official policy and settler actions work in tandem toward shared objectives of land control and population removal.
Advocates say coordinated violence by settlers and state forces has targeted Palestinian communities and property across the territory. They contend the pattern reflects deliberate strategy rather than isolated incidents by fringe actors. The groups assert that state institutions have either facilitated or enabled such violence through policy decisions, funding, and security arrangements that effectively shield attackers from accountability.
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