The CRRC reports 2,350 incidents across the occupied West Bank last month, attributing 1,584 to Israeli forces and 766 to settlers. The violence and damage — including demolitions, assaults and the reported destruction or poisoning of about 1,200 olive trees — was concentrated in Ramallah, Nablus and Hebron. The report warns settlers are expanding outposts while Israel’s Higher Planning Council considers nearly 2,000 new settlement units, a move critics say would jeopardize a two-state solution.
Report: 2,350 Attacks in West Bank Last Month — CRRC Blames Israeli Forces and Settlers
The CRRC reports 2,350 incidents across the occupied West Bank last month, attributing 1,584 to Israeli forces and 766 to settlers. The violence and damage — including demolitions, assaults and the reported destruction or poisoning of about 1,200 olive trees — was concentrated in Ramallah, Nablus and Hebron. The report warns settlers are expanding outposts while Israel’s Higher Planning Council considers nearly 2,000 new settlement units, a move critics say would jeopardize a two-state solution.
13:36, 05.11.2025Conflict
Report: 2,350 incidents recorded across the occupied West Bank
The Palestinian Authority’s Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission (CRRC) says Israeli military units and settler groups carried out a combined 2,350 incidents across the occupied West Bank last month, calling the pattern an “ongoing cycle of terror.” The commission’s monthly report, titled Occupation Violations and Colonial Expansion Measures, attributes 1,584 incidents to Israeli forces and 766 to settlers.
Key findings
According to the CRRC, reported incidents by Israeli forces included direct physical assaults, home demolitions and the uprooting of olive trees. The most affected governorates were Ramallah (542 incidents), Nablus (412) and Hebron (401). Settler attacks were similarly concentrated in Ramallah (195), Nablus (179) and Hebron (126).
Damage to olive trees and agriculture
The report documents the uprooting, destruction and poisoning of roughly 1,200 olive trees across Hebron, Ramallah, Tubas, Qalqilya, Nablus and Bethlehem. The CRRC emphasized that olive trees are an important Palestinian cultural and economic symbol and said their removal has long been used to facilitate land seizure and displacement.
Settlement expansion and outposts
The commission said settlers attempted to establish seven new outposts on Palestinian land in Hebron and Nablus since October. It also accused settlers of expanding settlements — which the CRRC described as illegal under international law — as part of an “organised strategy” to displace indigenous Palestinians and impose a discriminatory colonial regime.
Planning, approvals and international reactions
The surge in incidents coincides with meetings of Israel’s Higher Planning Council (HPC), part of the Civil Administration that oversees the occupied West Bank. The HPC was expected to consider authorising 1,985 new settlement units; Israeli watchdog Peace Now said 1,288 of those units would be in the northern West Bank settlements of Avnei Hefetz and Einav Plan. Peace Now also reported that, since the start of 2025, the HPC has advanced a record 28,195 settlement housing units.
In August, far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich drew international condemnation after saying construction plans in the disputed E1 area would “bury the idea of a Palestinian state.” The E1 plan — long opposed by the United States and European allies — would link occupied East Jerusalem with the large settlement of Maale Adumim. Analysts warn that wide-scale annexation or settlement expansion would effectively foreclose a viable two-state solution, as envisioned in numerous U.N. resolutions.
U.S. stance and criticism
The report notes that while some U.S. officials have publicly opposed annexation, critics say Washington has not taken sufficient steps to halt assaults and crackdowns on Palestinians in the West Bank even as it engages in ceasefire diplomacy on Gaza. The CRRC frames its findings as evidence of an accelerating pattern of violence and dispossession.
Conclusion
The CRRC’s monthly account details a significant rise in reported incidents affecting Palestinian communities and agricultural livelihoods across several governorates. The data underline long-standing tensions over land, settlements and security administration in the occupied West Bank, and raise fresh concerns about the prospects for a negotiated two-state outcome.