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Violence surged across the West Bank in mid-October 2026 as Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian farmers, an American photojournalist and European officials during the olive harvest, while Palestinians stoned a car carrying Israeli election candidate Fleur Hassan-Nahoum. Israeli police arrested ten settlers over attacks on the US journalist and a European delegation, UN independent experts urged Israel to protect Palestinian farmers, and senior Palestinian official Jibril Rajoub warned the West Bank was nearing an 'explosion.' IDF chief Eyal Zamir ordered Border Police reinforcements, and legal experts and a rabbi publicly warned that unchecked settler violence threatens Israel's rule of law and international standing.