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Monday, July 21, 2025
Settlers clash with security forces near Ramallah as they work to demolish illegal outpost
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleJeremy Sharon is The Times of Israel’s legal affairs and settlements reporter
Radical settler activists are currently confronting Border Police personnel who are trying to evacuate and demolish an illegal outpost in the central West Bank area, just east of Ramallah.
After security forces began to arrive at the outpost, dubbed Tzur Harel, settler activist groups reported that hundreds of activists were on their way to the site to protest against the demolition.
Radical settler activists clashing with Border Police services who are evacuating and demolishing an illegal settlement outpost in the Benjamin region of the West Bank just east of Ramallah pic.twitter.com/K4RDaBeIvT
— Jeremy Sharon (@jeremysharon) July 21, 2025
Israeli officials have said that Tzur Harel, which is located on private Palestinian land, has been the source of violent nationalistic activity, including on several occasions last year during previous demolition efforts.
Extremist settler activists violently attacked Civil Administration and Border Police personnel who were carrying out evacuation and demolition orders on July 3, 2024. They threw firebombs at the security forces, as well as rocks at vehicles belonging to the security services traveling on a nearby road.
Settlers returned to the site shortly after being evacuated and were removed again a week later July 7, only to return once more.
The site was demolished again in August that year, and once more in November 2024, when a soldier was hit in the head by a glass bottle thrown by rioters during the evacuation effort.
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