Israeli Settlers Attack Palestinians in West Bank, Five Injured

🏚️ WEST BANK — Settlers escalate when the IDF is looking everywhere else. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Settler violence spikes when IDF bandwidth is stretched — impunity multiplies pressure without costing military resources. Netanyahu is managing Lebanon, Gaza, and US MOU demands; the West Bank costs him nothing to let run hot. For Gulf states already losing confidence in Washington, settler attacks are the friction that fractures Arab buy-in before August 17.