Abdel Azim Wadi

Abdel Azim Wadi is the mayor of the Palestinian village of Qusra, located south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank. He has recently gained prominence in news reports due to escalating attacks by Israeli settlers targeting his village. Wadi has spoken out about a "clear and sustained pattern of targeting Qusra," highlighting incidents where settlers have set fire to a mosque under construction, damaging its entrance and stonework, and spray-painting Hebrew graffiti on its walls. These attacks are part of a broader context of illegal settlement expansion promoted by the Israeli government, with the stated aim of displacing Palestinian residents. Wadi's statements provide a local perspective on the violence and intimidation faced by Palestinians in the West Bank, underscoring the ongoing conflict and the challenges to Palestinian life and property in the region.