New attacks by Israeli settlers on last entirely Christian village in West Bank As Israeli settlers seized areas near the village’s quarry and cement factory, the village’s Latin parish priest appealed to Christians worldwide for compassion and solidarity.

 

Bashar Fawadleh, a native of the West Bank, was appointed the Latin parish priest of Taybeh in 2021. | Credit: Photo courtesy of Father Bashar Fawadleh

By Andrés Henríquez

March 23, 2026 at 3:14 PM ET

The Latin parish priest of the last entirely Christian village in the West Bank appealed for the solidarity of Christians worldwide in the face of new attacks by “fanatical Israeli settlers” seeking to displace the local population.

Father Bashar Fawadleh issued an appeal on Saturday, March 21, telling ACI Prensa, the Spanish-language sister service of EWTN News, that the lands seized this week by Israeli settlers “belonged to the people of Taybeh and were, moreover, our private property.”

These incursions, he continued, in addition to constituting “a violation of international law and of the rights of the local community,” represent an affront that, for the village’s inhabitants, goes far beyond a mere legal or political matter.

“This story is about the life of a Christian community that has been present in this land for more than 2,000 years,” Fawadleh said.

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