OCCUPIED WEST BANK — According to the
UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), the total number of
settler attacks’ cases on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank in 2023 were
1,225. In addition, the NGO Yesh Din stated that settler violence especially
since October 7 hit a record high, reporting 242 violent incidents in the past
two months alone and at least ten Palestinian deaths, stating that
settler violence is Israeli government policy, Al-Mamlaka TV reported.
اضافة اعلان
Dozens of homes and vehicles belonging to
Palestinians were damaged by settlers in 2023, Yesh Din reported, highlighting
two particularly violent incidents committed by a large number of Israeli
settlers in Hawara in February and Turmus Aya in June, both Palestinian towns situated between
Nablus and Ramallah. In addition,
In the
occupied West Bank, where Israel has
held control since 1967, 490,000 settlers live among three million
Palestinians. These settlements are illegal under international law.
Furthermore, the organization expresses skepticism about the latest data from
the Israeli occupation’s police, which claims a decrease in violence in 2023
compared to 2022, attributing this to Palestinians' lack of confidence in
Israeli authorities, especially since the formation of Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu's government in December 2022, considered the most right-wing in
Israel's occupation history.
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