# Over 100 Israeli Settlers Storm West Bank Village As Home Burns And Christian Land Dispute Escalates *Canonical page:* https://truthscore.com/source/16268e54 *Machine twins:* https://truthscore.com/source/16268e54.md · JSON at https://truthscore.com/api/v1 Publisher: AOL.com · published 2026-07-09 · read 2026-09-12 Original: https://www.aol.com/articles/over-100-israeli-settlers-storm-200236000.html *A source is testimony, not proof. The document itself is never republished here.* ## Who is named (8) - [Jason Jones](https://truthscore.com/entity/3c7d32d4) - [Hilltop Youth](https://truthscore.com/entity/5170fcbf) - [Benjamin Netanyahu](https://truthscore.com/entity/692c1f16) - [Pierbattista Pizzaballa](https://truthscore.com/entity/6acad025) - [Catholic Church](https://truthscore.com/entity/6b60a843) - [Deir Jarir](https://truthscore.com/entity/95dad2f5) - [Ramallah](https://truthscore.com/entity/c1c90be8) - [Taybeh](https://truthscore.com/entity/fdeab2bb) ## What it added - [Over 100 Israeli settlers stormed the West Bank village of Deir Jarir under Israeli force protection.](https://truthscore.com/claim/5796acf3) > Over 100 Israeli settlers stormed the West Bank village of Deir Jarir under Israeli force protection Thursday in an escalation of the land rights dispute between the Catholic Church and Israel, sources say. - [At the time of publication, the village of Deir Jarir was facing an ongoing attack as settlers poured into the village in force.](https://truthscore.com/claim/a6575e06) > At the time of publication, the village, east of Ramallah, was facing an ongoing attack as settlers poured into the village in force, the Vulnerable People Project (VPP) told the Daily Caller based on information gathered by field monitors tracking the situation in real time. - [The village assault was initiated after a settler allegedly attacked a Palestinian vehicle and those occupying it.](https://truthscore.com/claim/66df499d) > The village assault was initiated after a settler allegedly attacked a Palestinian vehicle and those occupying it. - [The driver, while attempting to escape, struck the settler with his vehicle while fleeing.](https://truthscore.com/claim/27d80a3a) > The driver, while attempting to escape, struck the settler with his vehicle while fleeing, according to information gathered by VPP. - [Israeli forces allegedly sealed the entrance gate to Deir Jarir, trapping residents inside as the situation escalated.](https://truthscore.com/claim/c3e0f3aa) > In response, Israeli forces allegedly sealed the entrance gate to Deir Jarir, trapping residents inside as the situation escalated, VPP said. - [Hilltop Youth and Israeli troops reportedly converged on Deir Jarir, flooding the streets, invading Palestinian homes, destroying cars, smashing windows, and…](https://truthscore.com/claim/52ec82e2) > The organization said that large numbers of radical settlers known as the Hilltop Youth and Israeli troops reportedly converged on the village, flooding the streets as they invaded Palestinian homes, destroyed cars, smashed windows, and wrecked personal belongings. - [One home was set on fire as residents remained trapped within Deir Jarir.](https://truthscore.com/claim/68335f92) > The organization said one home had even been set on fire as residents remained trapped within the village and more settlers continued to arrive. - [Families in Deir Jarir are trapped behind a gate the army has locked while settlers flood the village and set a home on fire.](https://truthscore.com/claim/3ec6a3a6) > “Right now, as I speak, families in Deir Jarir are trapped behind a gate the army has locked while settlers flood the village and set a home on fire — and this is happening one hill over from Taybeh,” said Jason Jones, founder of VPP, referring to the last all‑Christian town in the West Bank. - [Jason Jones warned for weeks that the noose was tightening around Taybeh and its neighbors.](https://truthscore.com/claim/291c0e4f) > “We have warned for weeks that the noose was tightening around Taybeh and its neighbors. This is that warning coming true in real time,” Jones said. - [An Israeli military vehicle entered Taybeh early in the morning and ordered festival organizers to leave the area.](https://truthscore.com/claim/53a9af45) > An Israeli military vehicle entered the village of Taybeh early in the morning and ordered festival organizers to leave the area. - [The organizers reached out to Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, who spoke with Israeli authorities and secured permission for the festival to proceed.](https://truthscore.com/claim/6a4608c5) > The organizers immediately reached out to the Catholic Church’s Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, who spoke with Israeli authorities and eventually secured permission for the festival to proceed. - [A celebratory Mass was put on hold, prompting an apology from the Office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.](https://truthscore.com/claim/ff9a92a6) > Pizzaballa had similar troubles during the week leading up to Easter, as a celebratory Mass was put on hold, prompting an apology from the Office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. - [Leaders of the Catholic Church sent a formal complaint in April claiming that Israeli settlers’ encroachments on Church‑owned land in the West Bank had crossed…](https://truthscore.com/claim/9f190412) > Under the direction of Pizzaballa, leaders of the Catholic Church in Jerusalem sent a formal complaint in April claiming that Israeli settlers’ encroachments on Church‑owned land in the West Bank had crossed a “red line.” - [Video shared by VPP shows more than two dozen men running down a hill as they approach Deir Jarir.](https://truthscore.com/claim/dd386b41) > Video shared by VPP shows more than two dozen men running down a hill as they approach the village. - [Another video taken from inside a house shows the men as they arrived in Deir Jarir.](https://truthscore.com/claim/d0b704c7) > Another video, taken from inside a house, shows the men as they arrived in Deir Jarir. ## What it cost Reading this document into the graph cost <$0.01.