LONDON: An Israeli human rights group warned on Wednesday that what an escalating campaign of “ethnic cleansing” is displacing Palestinians from communities across the occupied West Bank.
B’Tselem said in a statement reported by Anadolu Agency that Israeli settlers recently established an unauthorized outpost in the yards of two Palestinian homes on the outskirts of Qusra, a town near Nablus in the northern West Bank.
The group said the move was intended to force the families from their homes and take over the properties.
It also said the Israeli military had neither removed the settlers nor taken action to protect the families. Israel’s military did not immediately comment, Anadolu reported.
Yuli Novak, B’Tselem’s executive director, said the events in Qusra were part of a broader pattern rather than an isolated episode.
