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Settler Attacks Persist in Taybeh After Diplomatic Visits Fail to Yield Accountability

Unaddressed arson threats coupled with daily intimidation are driving families to abandon ancestral homes

Le patriarche orthodoxe de Jérusalem, Théophile III (à gauche), et le cardinal catholique Pizzaballa (à droite) entrent dans l’église Saint-Georges, à Taybeh, en Cisjordanie, pour entamer une prière.
Des religieuses et des ecclésiastiques catholiques devant l'église Saint-Georges du Ve siècle dans le village chrétien palestinien de Taybeh, au nord-est de Ramallah en Cisjordanie occupée, le 14 juillet 2025
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Une chrétienne allume une bougie dans l'église Saint-Georges du Ve siècle dans le village chrétien palestinien de Taybeh, au nord-est de Ramallah en Cisjordanie occupée, le 14 juillet 2025

Overview

  • Delegations of Christian leaders and diplomats visited Taybeh on July 14–15 to protest repeated settler attacks and demand investigations
  • On July 7, settlers set fire to a nearby hill, bringing flames within meters of the 5th-century St. George’s Church
  • Local residents report that Israeli authorities have opened no substantive inquiries or arrests following the recent violence
  • Farmers say settlers regularly block them from cultivating fields and feeding livestock, disrupting their livelihoods
  • Many long-standing families are now weighing emigration as unrelenting threats and property damage go unchecked