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Taybeh, the last fully Christian town in the occupied West Bank, faces collapse due to Israeli settler violence
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Residents and clergy in Taybeh, the last remaining fully Christian town in the occupied West Bank, are warning that an intensified campaign of illegal Israeli settler violence is driving families to emigrate, Anadolu Agency reports. Surrounded by expanding outposts and Hilltop Youth settler groups, the ancient community faces a systemic squeeze of land seizures, economic sabotage, and physical assaults. Local leaders describe the escalation as a deliberate policy aimed at severing the Christian community from the Palestinian national struggle by framing the conflict as a religious war rather than a political occupation.
The Rev. Jack-Nobel Abed of the Greek Melkite Catholic Church noted that while the town remains "100 percent Christian," the pressure has reached a critical stage since the outbreak of the genocidal war on Gaza. Settlers, often operating under the protection of the Israeli military, have torched vehicles, stolen livestock, and blocked access to 5,000 dunams of vital olive groves. In a particularly alarming incident, residents were forced to extinguish a fire set by settlers at the historic Byzantine Church of St. George, an act seen as a direct assault on the townโs centuries-old identity.
Acting Mayor Khaldoun Hanna reported that at least 10 families have fled in the past two years alone due to the unbearable economic and psychological strain. With over 770,000 Israeli settlers now occupying the West Bank, the targeted harassment of Taybeh serves as a microcosm of a broader effort to empty rural Palestinian areas. Despite the mounting threats, the remaining 1,500 residents maintain that their mission is to stay and preserve their heritage against a settler project designed to erase them.