Palestinian leadership demands international protection amid West Bank settler assaults
RAMALLAH: Organized terrorism carried out by settler gangs against Palestinian settlements in Jenin, Nablus, Jerusalem, and Hebron in the West Bank is a dangerous escalation of violence, according to the Palestinian leadership.
Presidential spokesperson Nabil Abu Rudeineh said the attacks had included assaults on homes and residents, the burning of agricultural land, the uprooting and destruction of olive trees, damage to private property, and the seizure of water sources.
He said the escalation — carried out with the direct protection and support of the Israeli army, which continues its daily policy of killing in the Gaza Strip — necessitates immediate international intervention to provide international protection for the Palestinian people before the situation spirals out of control.
Abu Rudeineh said: “We call upon the international community, particularly the US administration, to take concrete steps to compel the occupying power to abide by international law and UN resolutions, and to cease its ongoing crimes, whether committed by the occupation army or by terrorist colonists.”
