Pogrom on Atara

On August 14, 2025, Israeli settlers launched a violent attack on the Palestinian village of Atara, located north of Ramallah in the central West Bank. The assailants hurled Molotov cocktails at Palestinian homes and vehicles, setting them ablaze and causing significant property damage.

Israeli settlers on Thursday reestablished an illegal outpost on a tract of land in the town of Atara. They set up tents at the site of Jabal Khirbat Tarfirn near the town entrance after it was torn down by the occupation forces.

On Monday, dozens of settlers leveled the land and transported mobile homes to the site, under heavy protection from Israeli occupation forces, to displace the indigenous population and seize their lands for new settler-colonial projects.

Covering an area of 2,00 dunams, Jabal Khirbat Tarfim is an archaeological site frequented by illegal settlers as part of a colonial settlement policy aimed at displacing the Palestinian population.