West Bank

Assessment

Settler violence, demolitions and de facto annexation continue at record levels, and the file has become a diplomatic crisis. Twelve countries including the UK, France and Canada announced restrictions on Israeli settlement goods on Sept 8, and within 24 hours Israel ordered the UK consulate closed within 30 days, suspended British training of Palestinian Authority security forces and barred 12 British public figures including 11 MPs. B'Tselem published a report on Sept 14 titled The Elimination Project, drawing on nearly 2,000 Palestinian testimonies, which says Israel killed 1,107 Palestinians in the West Bank including 245 children between Oct 7, 2023 and Aug 31, 2026, displaced 75 Palestinian communities, and that hilltop settlements and settler farms have seized 1.07 million dunams, about 18 percent of the West Bank. The UN documented more than 1,600 settler attacks between January and August 2026, settlers beat five Palestinians with metal pipes on the Ramallah-Jericho road on Sept 11, and demolitions across two Masafer Yatta communities on Sept 8 destroyed 20 homes and displaced about 60 people.