settlers

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The move is designed to "hold extremist settlers accountable for the horrific levels of settler violence", the five countries said.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

It is an area of Hebron where Israeli settlers live among Palestinian residents.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

A new wave of settlers – pastoralist-farmers hailing ultimately from the Russian steppe – began to infiltrate the Rhine area in the form of the Corded Ware culture.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

In the 19th century’s first four decades, Chapman traveled, mostly on foot, throughout western Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana, bringing seeds and methods of cultivation to settlers flooding the region.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

But that all changed in the 1800s when American settlers came.

From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis