People are catching on to the propagandists’ tactic of falsely claiming random and brutal “Israeli settler violence.”

On October 28, 2026, Russian activist Adele Shoko, Russian emigre to Israel Andrey Khrzhanovskiy, and Jasper Nathaniel claimed they were attacked by armed “settler-terrorists” who beat them, threatened to shoot, stole a phone and glasses, and pepper-sprayed Jasper.

The source of truth is the Judea & Samaria Situation Room on X, which visually reported the exact opposite sequence: Foreign far-left activists, led by Andrey (a known provocateur) harassed Jewish residents near Carmel in the Mount Hebron region, shoved cameras in their faces, punched and kicked them, blocked their vehicle, and even touched a resident’s gun.

One resident, pictured, suffered a facial injury from a punch and required medical treatment. This is the man the activists blame for attacking them.

The visible injury on the settler raises the question of who struck first. Notably, the filming and viral posts appear to capture the aftermath rather than the initial confrontation.

In these patterns, the goal of such encounters is often to provoke a reaction, document the resulting images, and generate international sympathy while casting residents as aggressors.

Jasper Nathaniel was arrested after the incident; Andrey was taken to a police station (activists claimed he was denied hospital care despite alleged concussion). Both remain under arrest as of the latest updates.

This comes from the same circle of narrators involved in the recent Heidi Levine olive-harvest incident, where timelines, claims of prolonged beatings, and surrounding circumstances have already drawn skepticism—including questions about external filming and possible staging elements.

At a minimum, accounts from the same sources warrant careful scrutiny rather than automatic acceptance of one side’s version.