Palestinians brace as Israeli settler figures in coalition seek to cement West Bank gains before election

Growing number of farm outposts using violence to seize territory, a process seemingly enabled by radical elements in Netanyahu’s government The attack in Ein Arik came in the middle of the night and was aimed at the rudiments of life: the earth, water, roots and seedlings. Ilham Karajeh awoke on Friday last week to find her family allotment raided and ruined. The thin black irrigation pipes had been sliced, grape vines cut and 70 young olive trees, the embodiment of the family’s aspiration...

By Julian Borger in Ein Arik. Photographs by Quique Kierszenbaum