settler
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Local media reports say that a nearby Israeli settler outpost was demolished.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
The number of settler attacks has risen each year since 2023, according to the United Nations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
Since the deadly clash on Friday in Tal, Palestinians say that there have been multiple settler attacks on villages across the West Bank.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
The rain was belting down in Invercargill, the southernmost spot in New Zealand, a place founded by a Scottish settler in the 1850s and nicknamed the city of water and light.
From BBC ● May 17, 2026
In March of 1782 a settler militia from Pennsylvania, under the command of David Williamson, rounded them up, telling them they had to evacuate for their own safety.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
He told me how, as a boy, he watched Kadim being built for the first time, then watched again as the settlers there were forced out by the government twenty years later.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Troops took down their tent and detained one Israeli but settlers repeatedly came back by foot or in vehicles.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
Weiman told AFP that the rules of engagement for dealing with settlers were rarely explained, with soldiers told to refer to police due to their status as Israeli citizens.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
An attempt by Israeli security forces to dislodge the settlers on Wednesday led to confrontations with a bigger group.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Even settlers like Hale who formed close ties to the Osage argued that the white man’s road was inevitable and that the only way for the Osage to survive was to follow it.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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