Thirty Palestinian families left their home in a remote area of the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Friday, saying they were forced out after years of persistent harassment and violence by Israeli settlers.

Ben Zion Eshel, a 61-year-old Israeli Jew, stands out in the Palestinian Bedouin village of Ras ‘Ein al ‘Auja in the West Bank thanks to his colorful hat and glasses. Although he spent his adolescence in an Israeli settlement—communities built in the West

Settler militias, backed by Israeli political leaders, are intensifying efforts to displace Palestinians and seize land in the West Bank