‘My land is forbidden to me’: Israel’s settlement push encircles Jenin

‘My land is forbidden to me’: Israel’s settlement push encircles Jenin Submitted by Fayha Shalash on Tue, 08/25/2026 - 14:42 Land seizures, demolitions and military expansion are transforming the northern West Bank, as settlers return to areas evacuated two decades ago A Palestinian woman watches as Israeli bulldozers work on her land to make way for the construction of settlements west of Jenin in the occupied West Bank on 22 December 2025 (Zain Jaafar/AFP) Off Ahmed Zeidat was tending his olive trees in the occupied West Bank when a group of Israeli settlers came charging towards him. They punched him in the face and stomach. Zeidat fled on his tractor, with the settlers in pursuit.