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A person standing with arms crossed on a dry, reddish-brown cleared landscape, looking down at disturbed soil and scattered debris. Uprooted vegetation and exposed earth dominate the scene, emphasizing land clearing and environmental alteration in a sparsely vegetated area.

Israel’s ethnic cleansing of West Bank Bedouin and herding communities

A person standing with arms crossed on a dry, reddish-brown cleared landscape, looking down at disturbed soil and scattered debris. Uprooted vegetation and exposed earth dominate the scene, emphasizing land clearing and environmental alteration in a sparsely vegetated area.

Investigations Lab in the News —

Amnesty International: Israel’s ethnic cleansing of West Bank Bedouin and herding communities, report supported by Investigations Lab students.

Left: A Palestinian man looks at olive trees reportedly uprooted by Israeli soldiers using a bulldozer in the occupied West Bank village of Al-Mughayyir, north of Ramallah, 24 August 2025. Zain Jaafar / AFP via Getty Images, courtesy of Amnesty International.