Full Analysis Summary
West Bank Occupation Surge
Israeli forces and settlers escalated an occupation surge across the West Bank in October 2025.
They launched 2,350 attacks targeting Palestinians with physical assaults, home demolitions, and the uprooting of olive groves.
The CRRC figures cited by multiple outlets specify that Israeli forces carried out 1,584 of these attacks while settlers carried out 766.
The campaign was concentrated in Ramallah, Nablus, and Hebron.
Sources describe settlers establishing new outposts and building settler-only roads on Palestinian land.
These daily assaults are tied to a broader project that CRRC says is designed to displace Palestinians and enforce a colonial regime.
The reports place the attacks within an expanding settlement enterprise that deepens Israel’s hold over occupied territory.
Coverage Differences
missed information
Evrim Ağacı (West Asian) uniquely breaks down responsibility for the 2,350 attacks—'Israeli forces were responsible for 1,584 attacks… while settlers carried out 766 attacks'—a level of detail not provided in Al Jazeera (West Asian) or Al-Jazeera Net (West Asian).
narrative
Al Jazeera (West Asian) reports the CRRC’s framing of an 'organized strategy to displace Palestinians and enforce a colonial regime,' while Evrim Ağacı (West Asian) cites CRRC and Peace Now warning of actions to 'solidify Israeli colonial control.' Al-Jazeera Net (West Asian) focuses its narrative on annexation legislation and a U.S. political contradiction rather than the on-the-ground attack metrics.
detail emphasis
On agricultural destruction, Al Jazeera (West Asian) says 'over 1,200 olive trees' were uprooted, while Evrim Ağacı (West Asian) reports '1,200 olive trees destroyed or poisoned,' offering a more specific damage characterization. Al-Jazeera Net (West Asian) does not quantify olive tree destruction, emphasizing legislative annexation instead.
Settler Attacks on Palestinian Agriculture
On-the-ground accounts describe settlers, often shielded by Israeli forces, setting Palestinian fields ablaze and bulldozing farmland to carve settler-only roads.
On November 4 near Nablus, settlers—protected by Israeli forces—set fire to agricultural land and bulldozed fields.
Palestinians also reported assaults, detentions, and theft of olives, livestock, and water.
Israeli authorities returned the body of Ahmed Rubhi Al-Atrash, whom a settler killed, as these attacks intensified during the olive harvest.
These incidents are part of the same attack total reported by CRRC and reflect systematic targeting of Palestinian agriculture and livelihoods.
Coverage Differences
unique/off-topic coverage
Evrim Ağacı (West Asian) uniquely details the November 4 arson and bulldozing near Nablus and the return of Ahmed Rubhi Al-Atrash’s body, which Al Jazeera (West Asian) and Al-Jazeera Net (West Asian) do not specify.
narrative
Al Jazeera (West Asian) reports the pattern of attacks and agricultural targeting broadly, while Evrim Ağacı (West Asian) provides granular incident detail and personal accounts including 'assaults, detentions, and theft.' Al-Jazeera Net (West Asian) focuses on legislative annexation dynamics rather than these field-level incidents.
Settlement Expansion and Plans
The assault wave is paired with rapid settlement expansion.
Al Jazeera reports the Israeli Higher Planning Council is preparing to approve nearly 2,000 new units.
Since early 2025, it has pushed forward over 28,000 units, including the controversial E1 plan that draws international criticism and is seen as undermining a two-state outcome.
Evrim Ağacı quantifies the scale as nearly 28,200 units advanced since early 2025, while emphasizing that these moves form an organized strategy to entrench Israeli colonial control.
Al-Jazeera Net adds that Israeli authorities plan to study more than 2,000 units across eight settlements in the West Bank and Jerusalem.
This is alongside Knesset preliminary votes to annex major areas such as Ma’ale Adumim.
Coverage Differences
figure discrepancy
Al Jazeera (West Asian) cites 'over 28,000 housing units' advanced since early 2025, whereas Evrim Ağacı (West Asian) specifies 'nearly 28,200,' offering a slightly more precise figure.
narrative
Al-Jazeera Net (West Asian) centers legislative annexation steps and the plan to study 2,000+ units across eight settlements, adding a legal-political layer, while Al Jazeera and Evrim Ağacı emphasize planning approvals and colonial control on the ground.
Colonial Strategy in West Bank
Multiple sources directly attribute the campaign to a colonial project.
Al Jazeera reports that CRRC describes the attacks and outpost building as an 'organized strategy to displace Palestinians and enforce a colonial regime.'
Evrim Ağacı cites CRRC and Peace Now warning that the aim is to 'solidify Israeli colonial control' in the West Bank.
Al-Jazeera Net frames the same trajectory through annexation bills that would carve up Palestinian territory—isolating East Jerusalem and splitting the West Bank—despite earlier U.S. assurances that annexation would not proceed.
Coverage Differences
attribution clarity
Al Jazeera (West Asian) explicitly attributes the 'colonial regime' characterization to CRRC, whereas Evrim Ağacı (West Asian) cites both CRRC and Peace Now warning of a strategy to 'solidify Israeli colonial control,' broadening the civil society attribution.
unique/off-topic coverage
Al-Jazeera Net (West Asian) focuses on the U.S.-Israel annexation contradiction and Knesset legislative steps rather than the day-to-day attack breakdown or agricultural damage foregrounded by the other sources.
Impact of Settlement Expansion
This occupation surge devastates Palestinian agriculture and livelihoods while consolidating territorial control.
Reports document over 1,200 uprooted or destroyed olive trees during harvest season.
Settlers, often protected by Israeli forces, are establishing new outposts, stealing olives and livestock, and paving settler-only roads across Palestinian land.
Alongside on-the-ground assaults and property destruction, Israeli planning bodies are moving thousands of settlement units forward.
Legislators are advancing annexation bills that would fragment Palestinian territory and lock in Israeli control.
Coverage Differences
detail emphasis
Evrim Ağacı (West Asian) stresses economic and environmental harm—'1,200 olive trees destroyed or poisoned' and 'theft of olives, livestock, and water'—while Al Jazeera (West Asian) quantifies tree uprooting and adds geographic focus. Al-Jazeera Net (West Asian) emphasizes the legal-institutional path to entrench control (annexation bills, new units) rather than agricultural harm.
narrative
Al Jazeera (West Asian) and Evrim Ağacı (West Asian) both frame the actions as part of an organized displacement strategy; Al-Jazeera Net (West Asian) narrates the same end-state through annexation and territorial division, asserting isolation of East Jerusalem and a split West Bank.