There’s a Wave of Violence in the West Bank. New York Charities Are Helping Fund It.

At least three New York nonprofit organizations are calling on donors to help outfit settlers with combat gear.

Since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack that killed around 1,200 Israelis , the New Yorkbased nonprofits have raised millions for tactical equipment for settlers across the West Bank .

The organizations work directly with the Israeli military and with the settlements, which are illegal under international law.

One Israel Fund raises roughly $2 million to $4 million a year for tactical equipment in less than a month .

The Hebron Fund, meanwhile, is seeking to bolster the settlers’ surveillance apparatus.

The organizations assert that settlers need the tactical equipment to protect themselves from violent Palestinians .

Human rights advocates describe settler security as one of the most extreme versions of Israeli apartheid.

The Not on Our Dime Act met with significant opposition in New York state legislature.

The bill was one of the first of its kind in the country, but New York isn’t the only state with nonprofits funneling money to West Bank settlements.

The settlements encroach on Washington ’s preferred “ two -state solution” as settlers restrict Palestinians to smaller and more isolated pockets within the West Bank .