This morning (6 Oct. '11), Palestinian farmers from the village of Qusra, south of Nablus, discovered that about 200 of their olive and fig trees were destroyed. The vandalism occurred in an area adjacent to outposts of the Shilo settlement. Last month, the army established a military post on a hill overlooking the valley between the Esh-Kodesh outpost and Qusra. Regardless of whether the soldiers noticed the settlers and chose to ignore them or whether they weren’t present in the area, this is a particularly severe case where the security forces violated their obligation to protect the Palestinian residents and their property.

On Friday, 23 Sep. '11, Israeli civilian Asher Hillel Palmer and his one-year-old son Yonatan were killed when their car overturned on Route 60, near the West Bank village of Halhul. On 25 Sept., the Israel Police said that the father had been struck by a stone that was hurled at the car, smashing the windshield, and that the perpetrators were suspected to be Palestinians. Intentional violence against civilians is prohibited and constitutes a criminal offense. The police must act to bring the perpetrators to justice, in accordance with due process and protection of the suspects’ rights.

On 31 March 2011, the State Attorney’s Office informed B'Tselem that it rejected B'Tselem’s appeal against closing the file on the assault of members of the Nawaja family, near the Susiya settlement in June 2008. The SAO said there was insufficient evidence to identify the perpetrators. B'Tselem contended that the police had not properly investigated and that the file should be reopened. The SAO contended that the requested actions would not lead to a conviction at this stage.

According to media reports, the head of the Civil Administration has ordered an end to demolition of Palestinian structures built without permits in Area C. He stating “equality of enforcement” as the reason and noted that the Administration is “very far” from similar enforcement in settlements. These comments contradict the state’s claim before the High Court that Civil Administration policy is based on "the principle of equal enforcement.”