JERICHO, April 17, 2026 (WAFA) – Israeli colonists on Friday attacked the displaced Arab Al-Mleihat Bedouin community in the Al-Balqaa area, north of Jericho, according to a watchdog organization.
Al-Baydar Organization for the Defense of Bedouin Rights said that colonists broke into the dwellings of the community and chased livestock herders.
It added that colonists systematically assaulted and terrorized the civilian community as part of the occupying Power’s efforts to entrench its occupation and control the land, devoid of the indigenous Palestinian people, forcibly displacing the community in July 2025.
Colonists’ violence against Palestinians and their property is routine in the West Bank and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities.
Colonists’ violence includes property and mosque arsons, stone-throwing, uprooting of crops and olive trees, and attacks on vulnerable homes, among others.
Approximately 1 million Israeli colonists are living in colonies in the West Bank and East Jerusalem in violation of international law.
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