Overview

• Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir have used their authority over the Civil Administration and police to legalize unauthorized outposts and bolster settler factions.
• Hilltop Youth militias have morphed into formal paramilitary forces, mounting assaults on Palestinian communities and, most recently, attacking Israeli soldiers near Kafr Malik.
• United Nations figures show 95 Palestinians were injured by settlers in June, the highest monthly toll in two decades and a sign of accelerating dispossession in Area C.
• A newly formed West Bank police unit has had minimal effect as settlers continue coordinated raids, property destruction and forced expulsions across the territory.
• Palestinian communities from Burin to Masafer Yatta report daily intimidation and siege conditions that reinforce collective defense efforts in increasingly constrained safe zones.