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Mu'arrajat: Settlers and accomplices blocked activist patrols guarding against Shabbat looting

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"מערג׳את, דרום בקעת הירדן. עם חיות הטרף. כמו אוכלי הנבלות בטבע הם מסתובבים בין בתי הקהילה שגורשה ומשחרים למציאת עוד גוויה שיוכלו לטרוף. המתנחלים ועוזריהם מול פנסי המכונית של הפעילים במשמרת נוכחות מגינה, המנסים לשמור מפני הביזה של שבת." - Source

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Events:

Harrasment and ethnic cleansing in Al-Mu'arrajat shepherd communities

On July 4, 2025, 30 Bedouin families from the Mleihat tribe were forcibly displaced from Mu’arrajat in the northern Jordan Valley, dismantling shelters amid escalating settler violence.

Documented attacks included vehicle blockades, school assaults, livestock theft—frequently occurring with Israeli soldier presence and little intervention. By early July, most of the original ~200 inhabitants had fled in fear of their safety. The UN OCHA reported that between May 27 and June 2 alone, 32 settler attacks affected rural communities—including herding groups in Masafer Yatta and Al-Mu'arrajat—causing injuries and property damage, eroding livelihoods and access to land. According to UNOCHA, Israel government supported expansion of at least 22 new settlement outposts in May 2025, many in the Jordan Valley, intensifying pressure on pastoral communities like Al‑Mu’arrajat.

On May 1, 2025

Several masked and armed settlers invaded the village on horseback and passed near the houses and inside the courtyards. An activist, who was there documenting, was attacked by the horse and immediately afterwards pepper spray was sprayed into his eyes. The settlers carry out daily terror against the Palestinians: Beating, injuring, setting fires, throwing stones, stealing and abusing - and all of these with permission and authority, encouraged by the government and security forces.

On June 7, 2025: Internationally sanctioned Israeli settler Zohar Sabah invades the village of Muarrajat in the Jordan Valley, occupied West Bank, harassing the residents who was celebrating Eid al-Adha. He drove a new ATV - recently gifted by the Ministry of Settlement and National Missions.

On June 23, 2025: Settlers, under the protection of the Israeli army, gathered at dawn near al-Ka’abneh School in al-Muarrajat, playing loud music and shouting religious slogans in what appeared to be an act of intimidation.

On July 2, 2025: Illegal Israeli settlers have established a fifth outpost in the Muarrajat area northwest of Jericho in the eastern West Bank, according to the Al-Baydar Organization for the Defense of Bedouin Rights. The settlers set up tents, brought in heavy equipment, and fenced off the land. The group warns this is part of a broader effort to Judaize grazing lands and displace long-established Bedouin communities. The outpost is seen as a strategic political move, not just a land grab, and reflects a pattern where temporary encampments quickly develop into permanent settlements. Al-Baydar emphasized that settlers often act with government support, while Bedouins face severe restrictions.

Previous attack since october 2023 to end of 2024:

On September 16, 2024

On 16 September 2024, illegal Israeli settlers stormed Arab al‑Ka'abneh Primary School in the Al‑Mu’arrajat area. They assaulted students and teachers, wielding clubs, besieged the school, and injured at least three teachers and several students.

On September 15, 2024

Israeli forces detained three peace activists in the Arab al-Melihat Bedouin community near Jericho for preventing settlers from herding sheep in local pastures. Hassan Malihat of the Al-Baydar Organization reported that the forces also confiscated the activists' vehicle. This incident follows a series of attacks on the community, including the recent poisoning of sheep. Malihat condemned the actions as part of efforts to displace Bedouin communities in West Bank’s Area C and urged international support to protect civilians.

On September 13, 2024

Extremist Israeli settlers have poisoned more than 50 sheep on a Palestinian bedouin farm Belonging to Palestinian brothers Suleiman and Mohammad Melihat by pouring poison into the water that the animals drink from.Hassan Malihat, of Al-Baydar Organisation for the Defence of Bedouin Rights, said extremist settlers had perpetrated a series of attacks on Palestinian farms before this one. Malihat told how the occupiers killed sheep b. Event Details: Settlers poison well killing 30 livestock animals

On February 2, 2025, at 2 a.m., settlers carried out an arson attack on the Al-Mu'arrajat community in the southern Jordan Valley. Activists arrived to find an IDF patrol and a settler already present, filming and behaving aggressively. An officer took testimony and sent soldiers to the nearby illegal Zohar Sabah outpost to identify suspects. Despite a fire truck arriving 40 minutes later, no action was taken, and the mosque continued burning into the morning. Police later visited the outpost. The resident witness was advised to file a complaint, though past cases suggest it would likely be dismissed. Authorities were aware of the settler violence but failed to intervene. Tiktokgenocide event #1581

For all the events :

Tiktokgenocide event #115: -Settlers assault on Arab Al-Ka’abneh Primary School near Jericho (September 16, 2024) with previous attacks since October 2023.

Tiktokgenocide event #90

  • Settlers poison well killing 30 livestock animals

Tiktokgenocide event #1581

  • Settlers burn down mosque and tractor

Muarrajat The settlers and their accomplices stood in the headlights of the activists' protection patrol cars, trying to guard against Shabbat looting

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Zohar Sabah

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