'The settlers are in control': How the West Bank is being ethnically cleansed

'The settlers are in control': How the West Bank is being ethnically cleansed Submitted by Peter Oborne on Fri, 05/15/2026 - 11:04 Armed, funded and openly endorsed by Israel's far-right government, settlers are terrorising Palestinians with impunity The 50km journey from Ramallah north to Nablus in the occupied West Bank used to take an hour. Israeli checkpoints now mean it can take half a day or more. It’s Friday morning and I’m on a bus full of students and young families going to stay with relatives for the weekend.