Amnesty International accuses Israel of state-led ethnic cleansing in West Bank

In a new report, Amnesty International said that the escalating forced displacement and settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank is part of a state-led campaign to control the Palestinian territory.

Beatrice Farhat

Jun 10, 2026

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The Israeli government is leading an ethnic cleansing campaign against Palestinians in the West Bank amid a spike in settler attacks, according to a report released Wednesday by Amnesty International. The report accuses Israel of implementing a policy of formal annexation to expand its control over the Palestinian territory. 

Details: The 150-page report details how the Israeli government is accelerating what it described as a state-led campaign of annexation and forced displacement in the occupied West Bank, namely targeting the Bedouin and herding communities in Area C, which is under complete Israeli security and administrative control and makes up around 60% of the territory.

“The Israeli government has made formal annexation an explicit policy objective. It is implementing the settler movement’s religious nationalist agenda,” the report said, adding that this campaign is state-led and not driven by “rogue settlers” as claimed by some in the international community.

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