Protective Presence

Reports on what's happening in the organization's activity areas

“Al-Auja Returns to the Jews”

A settler establishment insider reveals state involvement in ethnic cleansing in the Jordan Valley. His post on X provides a rare account of the mechanism behind the displacement of the Ras Ein al-Auja community in Area C. Millions of shekels from public funds, he reports, were invested in it over four years.

Daniel De Malach · April 10, 2026

Settler Terror Attack in the Nablus Area Injures Three “Looking the Occupation in the Eye” Activists

Four attackers arrived Friday at noon in a Ranger vehicle from an outpost near Qusra and beat the activists and accompanying Palestinians with clubs and iron rods. Two of the injured were airlifted by helicopter to Hospital. The IDF: “Forces are searching for those involved.” President Herzog: “Such violence endangers lives, crosses a glaring red line… This grave incident joins a number of severe and unacceptable events from recent times that primarily harm the settlement enterprise…”

Editorial · Protective Presence · February 28, 2026

Two Families of Ras Ein Al-Auja Have Begun Abandoning Their Village

Residents in a village in the southern Jordan Valley have begun fleeing from their homes where they've lived for decades after settler terror that intensified in the past week without response from security forces. The ethnic cleansing under government auspices claims another target.

Editorial · Protective Presence · January 8, 2026

Ras Ein al-Auja Under Attack

A Palestinian community that has been holding out against daily harassment has been subjected, since last night (30 December 2025), to a large-scale attack by Jewish settlers accompanied by the army and police. This morning they began plowing a plot of land in the center of the village, claiming it belongs to the neighboring settlement of Yitav. Activists from Looking the Occupation in the Eye are present on site as part of a “protective presence,” and the Civil Administration halted the plowing. Dozens of settlers remain within the village.

Editorial · Protective Presence · January 3, 2026

The Method – Removing Activists; The Goal – Free Reign for the Settlers

Security and police forces in the occupied West Bank harass “Looking the Occupation in the Eye” activists, detaining and removing them for no real reason. It is all done for the purpose of driving out Palestinian communities. Also, in this article, more news from Masafar Yatta

Rachel Zelnick Abramovitz · Protective Presence · January 25, 2025

An Uneasy Weekend in the Jericho Valley

Two youths left an illegal outpost near Ras al-Ein with their flock. They did not go out to graze but to abuse and intimidate the Palestinian residents in their village. "Looking the Occupation in the Eye" ("Mistaclim") activists separate the Palestinian herd grazing on private land from the settler invader and call the security forces. The soldiers who arrived do not know that Area C does not grant any rights to the settler shepherd

Editorial · Protective Presence · January 21, 2025

The New Weapon of the Settlers – A Herd of Camels

The land robbers are escalating their activities aimed to expel Palestinian communities. Settlers, some of them are residents in illegal outposts, wish to complete cleansing C areas from their occupied residents. Their method is based on intimidating and terrorizing Palestinian shepherd communities. Additionally, they illegally erect structures on Palestinian lands and wage a public relations campaign full of lies. The army and police prefer to avert their gaze and disregard.

Editorial · Protective Presence · December 27, 2024

Weekly Summary

Cutting off drinking water pipes in Maarjat, smashing a car window, destruction and destruction in the village of Khirbet Zanuta — Summary of Settlers' Riots in the Holiday of Sukkot

Editorial · Weekly Summary · October 26, 2024

A Soldier of King David

“You went into Gaza to take revenge as much as possible, against women and children, in everything you saw, that's what you wanted. And on this day, a year after Simchat Torah, when we thought we had already slaughtered the enemy, slaughtered them all, expelled them from the land, we are here at your funeral.”

Doron Meinraht · Opinion · October 25, 2024

You are held accountable for crimes committed by the IDF

A letter to the commander of the Bekaa Brigade sent by activists looking at the occupation in the eye clarifies that they will take legal measures to change the army's behavior in relation to settlers and the Palestinian population

Editorial · Letters · October 9, 2024

The Communities are Determined to Survive, and We Are Steadfast

In the past year we have deepened the protective presence among the herding communities. Against all difficulties, including violent attacks by settlers, arrests of activists and Palestinians, sheep robbery, property damage, intimidation and lies aimed at criminalizing and arresting us. Even if the occupation cannot be stopped, it is possible to make the situation less bad.

Doron Meinraht · Year Summary · October 5, 2024

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