West Bank Bedouin community driven out by Israeli settler violenceListen to this articleA Bedouin man gathers plastic sheeting as families begin to collect their belongings to leave their homes after harassment from Israeli settlers in Ras Ein al-Auja. (Photo: AFP)RAS 'EIN AL 'AUJA (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - With heavy hearts, Bedouins in a West Bank village dismantle their sheep pens and load belongings onto trucks, forced from their homes in the Israeli-occupied territory by rising settler violence. Most Palestinian Bedouins are herders, which leaves them particularly exposed to violence when Israeli settlers bring their own herds that compete for grazing land in isolated rural areas. Slogans spray-painted in Arabic have appeared along major roads in the West Bank in recent months that read: "No future in Palestine". For Jahaleen, whose family has lived in Ras Ein al-Auja since 1991, the message sums up his feelings.

Source: Bangkok Post January 14, 2026 15:56 UTC