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On 12 November:
A group of young settlers from the Ramot Yashai outpost in downtown Hebron threw stones at the house of  the Jamil Abu Haikal family. The attack took place near the outpost in the early hours of the morning.

The day before this attack, settlers from the same outpost harassed students from the nearby Qortoba Elementary School for Girls. The students were chased and stones were thrown at them as they returned home from studies.

On the same day, six armed settlers from the Ma’on settlement, east of Yatta, ran after another group of students from Om Toba village. Stones were thrown again, causing injuries to one student. Local Council Chairman, Saber Huraini, claimed that the settlers also took bags from some students, which were later returned after the villagers asked that the Israeli military intervene.

On 13 November:
The Israeli military prevented nine members of the Abu Ishkhaidem family, who are residents of Hebron, from accessing their land to harvest their olives. Their land is located five kilometers to the west of the city, near the Tailem settlement; the Israeli soldiers claimed that the land is a closed area. The residents were taken to the police station in Kiryat Arba’, along with their agriculture tractors, where the police informed them that they have no right either to be on the land or to work it. The family said that this is part of Israel’s policy, in order to confiscate the land for expansion of the settlement later. 

On 14 November:
Settlers from the Sosya settlement, to the south of Yatta, took over four dunam of land belonging to villager Mohammed Nawaj’a, and began cultivating it. Three months ago, the settlers uprooted all of the olive trees on the land.

On 17 November:
Hasan Ja’baree from Hebron was injured in his leg when a settler from Kiryat Arba’ opened the fire on him. Ja’baree was feeding his goats near the fence of the settlement when the attack happened; he was taken to the hospital for treatment.

On 18 November:
Ten residents from Hebron were injured in Tel Romaida, near the Ramot Yashai outpost, and in Wadi Husain near Kiryat Arba’. The injuries occurred after dozens of settlers threw stones at the Hebron residents in both locations.

Hashem Younis Azza reports that in Tel Romaida, settlers from Ramot Yashai threw stones at many members of his family. This caused injuries to his head, with his wife Nisreen also being injured. Other members of the family who were attacked included Fatima Ramadan Sondos, 38, and her daughters Sondos, 12, Jinat, 14, and Fida Tayseer Abu Aisah, 15. In Wadi Husain near Kirayt Arba’, a group of settlers stoned Bassam Fahed Ja’baree, 39, his son Mohammed, 13, and Thaer Naser Ja’baree, 14.

All of these people were injured in different places in bodies. The case was documented by the Police. Most of the residents mentioned above were injured in the face, head and back by stones and empty bottles.  

On 20 November:
The Israeli military forced farmers from the Palestinian village of Om Safa, to the east of Yatta, to leave their land located near Karmel settlement, seven kilometers to the east of Yatta.  Security officials from the settlement had ordered the farmers to leave the same place two days previously. These two actions came after attacks from dozens of settlers against farmers in the same area a week ago near Ma’on.  Jaber Humaidat, Local Committee Chairman, stated that all actions against the farmers are part of the policy to expand settlements in the area and force farmers to leave their fields.

Nablus and North of West Bank

On 6 November:
The Israeli military, along with settlers from Itsehar settlement in the Nablus District, prevented farmers from the Palestinian village of Tal, southwest of Nablus, from accessing their land to harvest their olive crops. Two days previously, settlers hindered farmers while they were returning home after working in the fields. They cut the baskets full of olives, resulting in the crop being trampled into the ground and destroyed. Local Council sources stated that settlers from Jil’ad also carried out many actions against the farmers from the village during the harvest days.

On 21 November:
Residents of the Wadi el Maleh village in the northern valleys, said that new groups of settlers have started to come with equipment, in order to stay in Misochet settlement near the Palestinian village. The residents stated that buses and cars continue to bring the settlers from time to time. Most of the new settlers are young. It should be remembered that this settlement was expanded in the last months.

Bethlehem Region

On 13 November:
The Israeli military has begun leveling and damaging agricultural land known as Khallet Abu ‘Agla, and other places to the east of Afrata settlement. The aim of the work is to build the Separation Wall around the settlement. The land belongs to tens of families from Wadi Rahhal, Om Salamona and Joret el Sham’a Palestinian villages to the south of Bethlehem. Musataf Hindi, Local Council Member of Joret El Shama’a, stated that the work has caused damage to tens of dunam of land. Hundreds of grape and olive trees have also been uprooted from this agriculturally rich area. This means that tens of farmers and families will lose their income. Additionally, the presumed path of the Wall will be very close to a school for boys in the village. Of course, this will also limit the development of the villages in the future. The Palestinian farmers have begun preparations to protest against this work on their land by staying on it and calling press and solidarity movements to be with them.

On 22 November:
Settlers from the Navi Danial settlement, to the south of al-Khader, in the Bethlehem district, uprooted 100 olive trees near the settlement. The trees were planted a month ago and belong to Maryam Isma’eel. The land, located between Navi Danial and Aleazer settlement to the south of the town, has been repeatedly attacked in recent times, by settlers who uprooted the trees that the Agricultural work Committee helped the farmers to plant. In the last three years, around two thousand dunam of land have been attacked and damaged by settlers in the same location. Local people believe the settlers want to force the farmers not to use the land, so they can create “geographical unity” between the mentioned settlements, by expanding over the farmers land.