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<p>Israeli media reports growing instability in the West
Bank as resistance groups reorganize, settler violence
rises, and the occupation's army shifts strategy.</p>
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<p>Israeli media outlets have reported a significant
shift in the occupation army's approach to the West
Bank, with military analysts warning that the region
is <a
href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/israeli-settler-attacks-in-west-bank-hit-record-monthly-high"
moz-do-not-send="true">nearing a full-scale
escalation</a> due to mounting instability.</p>
<p>According to a military analyst cited by the <em>Zaman</em>
<em>Israel</em> website, the occupation army has
changed its operational tactics in the West Bank,
launching what has been described as a "quiet battle
of containment and deterrence" against Resistance
groups.</p>
<p>The report highlights that these Resistance groups
are reorganizing their ranks and have begun revealing
local missile manufacturing laboratories, posing a
growing challenge to the occupation\u2019s control of the
area. The <a
href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/-israel--kills-young-palestinian-man-in-latest-west-bank-rai"
moz-do-not-send="true">shift in military posture
reflects deepening concern</a> over the current
trajectory of events in the West Bank, while the
occupation army reportedly considers the situation
volatile and increasingly difficult to manage.</p>
<p>The military analyst noted that deteriorating
conditions on the ground, including a <a
href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/Economy/-israel-s--policies-drive-west-bank-economy-toward-collapse"
moz-do-not-send="true">collapsing Palestinian
economy</a>, weakened civil infrastructure, and
fragile security coordination, are pushing the region
closer to renewed confrontation.</p>
<p>In particular, the analyst pointed to escalating
settler violence, which has exacerbated tensions
across towns and refugee camps in the occupied West
Bank. These developments, combined with the rise of
organized armed resistance and declining trust in the
political process, have made the situation "on the
verge of exploding."</p>
<p>The analysis from <em>Zaman Israel </em>underscores
the growing view within "Israel" that the West Bank is
entering a new phase of prolonged and unpredictable
confrontation.</p>
<h2>What's happening in the West Bank? </h2>
<p>The Palestinian Authority\u2019s Commission against the
Wall and Settlements reported on November 5 that
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) and <a
href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/over-2-300-israeli-settler--iof-attacks-targeted-w--bank-in"
moz-do-not-send="true">settlers carried out a total
of 2,350 attacks</a> in the occupied West Bank
during October, continuing a relentless campaign of
violence against Palestinians, their land, and
property.</p>
<p>According to Mu\u2019ayyad Sha\u2019ban, head of the
commission, 1,584 of the attacks were committed by
occupation forces, while settlers were responsible for
766 attacks. The report revealed that the attacks were
heaviest in the governorates of Ramallah and al-Bireh
(542), Nablus (412), and al-Khalil (401), indicating a
concentrated effort to disrupt Palestinian life in key
areas of the occupied territory.</p>
<p>The violence has coincided with the annual olive
harvest season, a time when attacks historically
spike. The commission documented incidents including
direct physical assaults, the uprooting and burning of
olive trees, obstruction of access to agricultural
land, and the seizure of property.</p>
<p>Since the beginning of October last month, Israeli
occupation forces have escalated their raids and
attacks in the occupied West Bank, detaining
Palestinians and killing others, while also triggering
a fragile economic structure. </p>
<h3>Military raids, detainments</h3>
<p>Israeli occupation forces have carried out extensive
incursions into Palestinian towns and refugee camps
across the West Bank since the beginning of October, <a
moz-do-not-send="true">as part of a campaign to
expand illegal settlements</a>. Simultaneously,
settlers, in the company of Israeli troops, continued
their assaults on Palestinian farmland, uprooting
hundreds of olive trees. </p>
<p>According to Palestinian prisoners' institutions, the
IOF detained 442 Palestinians from across the occupied
West Bank, including al-Quds, during October 2025.
Among those detained were three women and 33 children.</p>
<p>In a joint statement, the Commission of Detainees and
Ex-Detainees Affairs, the Palestinian Prisoners'
Society, and Addameer Prisoner Support and Human
Rights Association said that most detentions took
place in the Beit Lahm governorate. The raids were
accompanied by widespread field interrogations in
various parts of the West Bank, in addition to
assaults by Israeli colonists that contributed to the
increase in detentions in several towns.</p>
<p>Additionally, a UN report revealed on November 8 that
<a
href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/israeli-settler-attacks-in-west-bank-hit-record-monthly-high"
moz-do-not-send="true">Israeli settlers carried out
at least 264 attacks against Palestinians</a> in the
occupied West Bank during October, marking the highest
monthly total since the United Nations began tracking
such violations in 2006.</p>
<p></p>
<p>The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
Affairs (OCHA) warned that the surge in settler
violence has resulted in casualties and significant
property damage, averaging approximately eight attacks
per day. "Since 2006, OCHA has documented over 9,600
such attacks. About 1,500 of them took place just this
year, roughly 15 per cent of the total," the UN said
in a statement.</p>
<p>It is worth adding that the West Bank, home to 2.7
million Palestinians, remains central to aspirations
for a future Palestinian state. However, successive
Israeli governments have accelerated settlement
expansion.</p>
<h4>IOF begin military drills in the West Bank</h4>
<p>On that note, the Israeli occupation army announced
the launch of extensive military maneuvers on Monday
morning <a
href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/iof-begins-military-drills-in-west-bank--palestinian-jordan"
moz-do-not-send="true">across the West Bank and the
Palestinian Jordan Valley</a>, near the border with
Jordan. </p>
<p>In an official statement, the occupation army
confirmed that the exercises will involve the
intensive movement of forces and military vehicles
throughout the designated operational areas. Israeli
media reported that the maneuvers are intended to
simulate a range of scenarios, with a particular focus
on "providing protection for Israeli settlements and
dealing with any attack that may target them."</p>
<p>The military exercises will contribute to heightened
activity in areas bordering Jordan, particularly in
the Palestinian Jordan Valley, and are part of the
occupation's ongoing efforts to reinforce its military
occupation of the West Bank and surrounding areas
under the pretext of "security".</p>
<h3>Deteriorating economic situation </h3>
<p>The already dire economic situation in the West Bank
began deteriorating since the beginning of the war on
Gaza in October 2023, <a
href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/Economy/-israel-s--policies-drive-west-bank-economy-toward-collapse"
moz-do-not-send="true">marking a 30% unemployment
rate</a>, up from 12.9% before the war. This
dramatic spike in unemployment reflects the loss of
access to Israeli labor markets, which previously
employed tens of thousands of Palestinians. A survey
by the International Labour Organization found that in
the first year of the war, more than half of employees
had their hours cut, over 60% saw wage reductions, and
65% of businesses downsized.</p>
<p><a
href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/after-gaza--how--israel--is-choking-the-economy-in-the-west"
moz-do-not-send="true">Israeli restrictions have
further compounded the fiscal crisis in the West
Bank</a>, especially through the withholding of
billions in Palestinian tax revenues since 2019. After
October 2023, additional freezes on public funds made
it nearly impossible for the Palestinian Authority
(PA) to pay salaries in full, with most employees now
receiving only partial payments funded by bank loans.
Public debt surged to over $13 billion, while
financial links with Israeli banks are being severed,
threatening to force Palestinians into a cash economy
and disrupt essential trade and imports.</p>
<p>Liquidity shortages have become severe as surplus
Israeli shekels accumulate and exchange offices are
regularly raided. This not only disrupts the
circulation of vital currencies like US dollars and
Jordanian dinars, <a
href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/Economy/-israel-s--policies-drive-west-bank-economy-toward-collapse"
moz-do-not-send="true">but also undermines daily
transactions and trade</a>. Experts argue that these
economic interventions are intended to pressure
Palestinians toward migration, with no technical
reform able to resolve the crisis without a political
solution, namely, an end to occupation, the reopening
of trade routes, and true sovereignty for Palestine.</p>
<h4>Olive trees uprooted</h4>
<p>Israeli settlers have also repeatedly <a
href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/israeli-raids--detentions--and-olive-tree-destruction-sweep"
moz-do-not-send="true">targeted Palestinian olive
groves in the West Bank</a>, uprooting and
destroying thousands of trees, especially during the
annual olive harvest season. Reports document that in
October 2025 alone, settlers accompanied by Israeli
forces uprooted approximately 150 olive trees in
Masafer Yatta and more than 120 near Ramallah,
disrupting local agriculture and threatening
communities reliant on this vital crop. These attacks
are strategically timed and often involve not just
tree destruction but the imposition of movement
restrictions, making it exceedingly difficult for
farmers to reach their land without special \u201centry
permits,\u201d further entrenching the region\u2019s apartheid
reality.</p>
<p>Further details reveal that settler violence has
intensified in recent years. A report shows how armed
settlers, sometimes with <a
href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/-they-want-all-palestine---palestinian-farmer-laments-burnt"
moz-do-not-send="true">military support, burn
groves, loot fruit, and even attack harvesters
directly</a>, actions that devastate livelihoods and
aim to drive Palestinians off their ancestral lands.
The olive tree, deeply symbolic in Palestinian
culture, has thus become a focal point for settler
aggression intended to both inflict economic ruin and
erase cultural heritage.</p>
<p>This campaign of land seizure and agricultural
destruction is part of a broader strategy to expand
Israeli settlements and annex more territory, as
emphasized in interviews with local farmers and
activist reports collected by<strong> Al Mayadeen</strong>.</p>
<p><a
href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/israeli-raids--detentions--and-olive-tree-destruction-sweep"
moz-do-not-send="true">One instance detailed the
uprooting and burning of over 37,000 trees, </a>including
tens of thousands of olive trees, since October 2023.
Farmers lament not only the loss of income and produce
but the cultural attack on a crop central to
Palestinian identity. This systematic violence
undermines food security, destabilizes rural
communities, and exemplifies the ongoing displacement
and dispossession Palestinians face in the West Bank.</p>
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<h2>What to expect? </h2>
<p>The current trajectory in the West Bank is leading
toward a major explosion of instability and
resistance. Israeli restrictions, settler violence,
and the withholding of critical tax revenues have
broken civil infrastructure and pushed families below
the poverty line, eroding social trust and weakening
the Palestinian Authority\u2019s capacity to maintain
order.</p>
<p>Military raids and detentions, particularly in
governorates like Ramallah, Nablus, and al-Khalil, are
expected to trigger rising community outrage and fuel
resistance, amplifying the chances of large-scale
confrontation.</p>
<p>Settler attacks have reached record levels,
coinciding with the olive harvest season and resulting
in the burning, uprooting, and theft of tens of
thousands of olive trees crucial to Palestinian
livelihoods and cultural heritage. Combined with the
occupation army\u2019s renewed maneuvers across the West
Bank and the Palestinian Jordan Valley, these trends
represent an explosive mix of economic despair,
organized resistance, and relentless occupation and
settler violence.</p>
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