Overview

• On July 28 settlers torched two vehicles and spray-painted threatening slogans on homes and walls in the Christian village of Taybeh
• Israeli police opened an investigation but made no arrests, reinforcing fears that settlers operate with impunity
• The latest raid follows a July 14 assault when settlers set fire to the fifth-century Church of Saint George and its adjoining graveyard
• Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos III, Latin Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa and foreign diplomats have demanded transparent prosecutions to protect Taybeh’s ancient heritage
• Residents, many of whom hold US dual citizenship, say recurring attacks are driving families to consider emigration from the occupied West Bank