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UN Rights Office Cites Signs of Ethnic Cleansing in West Bank Report

Covering the year through October 2025 the report details state-enabled settler violence plus large-scale settlement approvals.

Overview

  • The UN human rights office says documented patterns point to coordinated actions and policies that indicate mass expulsions, raising fears of ethnic cleansing.
  • The office warns that the unlawful transfer of protected persons would constitute a war crime under international law.
  • Investigators recorded 1,732 incidents of settler violence in the 12 months to October 2025, up from 1,400 in the previous year.
  • October 2025 saw 42 settler attacks that injured 131 Palestinians during the olive harvest, the highest monthly total since 2006.
  • Israeli authorities approved nearly 37,000 new homes in occupied East Jerusalem plus about 27,200 elsewhere in the West Bank, while officials allegedly enabled and participated in settler violence.