Israeli Settlers Attack Christian Village of Taybeh Once Again
Cars set on fire, threatening graffiti left on homes in overnight assault.
TAYBEH — In the early hours of July 28, 2025, Israeli settlers carried out another attack on the Palestinian Christian village of Taybeh, located near Ramallah in the West Bank. According to local residents and representatives of the Palestinian Authority, several cars were set ablaze and threatening graffiti in Hebrew was scrawled on the walls of homes, reports The Times of Israel.
Security cameras captured footage of burning vehicles, and one home was defaced with the message: “Al-Mughayyir, you will regret it,” referencing recent settler attacks on the nearby Palestinian village of Al-Mughayyir.
Jeries Azar, a Taybeh resident and journalist for Palestinian television, said his house and car were among those targeted. “I looked out the window and saw my car on fire. They were throwing things at it and toward the house,” he reported.
Israeli police and military forces confirmed that a unit was dispatched to Taybeh, where they found two burned vehicles and graffiti at the scene. However, no suspects have been apprehended. Police have stated that an investigation is underway.
Men stand near a vehicle that was reportedly torched by Israeli settlers during an overnight attack on the Palestinian Christian village of Taybeh. Photo: Zain JAAFAR
The Palestinian Authority blamed the incident on “Israeli colonial settlers” and emphasized that such attacks occur almost daily and with impunity.
Taybeh, home to roughly 1,300 Palestinian residents - most of them Christians - has been repeatedly targeted by settler violence. Earlier this year, extremists set a fire that threatened the village’s ancient Byzantine church, drawing widespread condemnation from the international community.
German Ambassador to Israel Steffen Seibert denounced the attack, writing on social media platform X: “These extremist settlers may claim that God gave them the land. But they are simply criminals, repugnant to any faith.”
The United States has also expressed concern. In early July, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee visited Taybeh in a gesture of solidarity with the local Christian population following a series of assaults.
Previously, UOJ reported that Patriarch Theophilos III and other heads of the Churches of Jerusalem have warned that “attacks on Taybeh pose a threat to the entire Christian presence in the Holy Land.”
