B'Tselem report accuses Israel of systematic displacement in West Bank

WEST BANK — Israeli human rights group B'Tselem has accused Israel of running a systematic policy to displace Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, according to a new report published on 17 October 2026, as reported by IslamiQ.

The roughly 200-page report, titled "The Elimination Project", describes five linked mechanisms. These include violence, forced displacement, movement restrictions and economic pressure. According to B'Tselem, the research draws on about 2,000 testimonies from Palestinians and other research.

The report says the measures are not isolated incidents. B'Tselem Executive Director Yuli Novak said they are part of a coherent political project, according to IslamiQ. The group calls on governments and international institutions to hold Israel more accountable and to protect Palestinian rights.

According to the report, between 7 October 2023 and 31 August 2026, Israel killed 1,107 Palestinians in the West Bank, including 245 children. It also says 75 Palestinian communities were forcibly displaced and that about 33,000 people had to leave their homes in refugee camps in the northern West Bank. These figures are B'Tselem's and have not been independently verified by Zenga News.

Other tools listed in the report include checkpoints and road blocks, economic dependence, and limits on political and civil society activity.

The report cites the UN humanitarian office OCHA, which documented 925 obstacles to movement in the West Bank at the end of 2025. IslamiQ did not give further detail on that count.

Background

B'Tselem says the policy has intensified since late 2022, and especially since 7 October 2023, when the war in Gaza began. The report's findings are based on the group's own analysis and have not been tested in court. Israel's government has not responded to the report in the source material.