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SubscribeMembers of the Revava settlement's security squad evicting Palestinian farmers from a grove last month.

Members of the Revava settlement’s security squad evicting Palestinian farmers from a grove last month. Credit: Eyal Warshavsky

During the recent olive harvest in the West Bank, a surge in settler violence, the most severe since 2006, has disrupted Palestinian farmers’ access to their lands, particularly in Area B, which is legally under Palestinian civilian control

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10:08 PM • December 07 2025 IST

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It’s becoming a more and more common sight: an all-terrain vehicle lurking around a Palestinian olive grove in the West Bank. “A lot of anarchists are messing things up here,” the driver says into his phone at one grove.

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