Video verified by ABC News shows the moment a man identified by witnesses as an Israeli settler clubbed an elderly Palestinian woman in the West Bank on Sunday.The incident occurred as a crowd of settlers chased Palestinian farmers in the village of Turmus’ayya,

Settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank ramps up every year during olive harvest, but a brazen attack caught on camera has left the community shaken.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday dismissed an effort by some Israeli lawmakers to push forward with annexation of the occupied West Bank, saying Israel is "not going to do anything with the West Bank.

The vote was the first of four needed to pass the law, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party didn't support the legislation.

Israel's Knesset, in a preliminary vote, approved sovereignty in the West Bank, described as a political ploy by right-wing opposition during JD Vance's visit.

Vice President JD Vance also called symbolic votes in Israel’s Parliament to take territory a “very stupid political stunt.”

“The West Bank is not going to be annexed by Israel. The policy of the Trump administration is that the West Bank will not be annexed by Israel,” the veep added. “That will continue to be our policy. If people want to take symbolic votes, they can do that. But we certainly weren’t happy about it.”

Afaf Abu Alia had woken early on October 19 to join her grandchildren picking olives near the West Bank village of Turmus Ayya, when she heard a woman scream "settlers". Masked men burst out of the trees,