West Bank & Jerusalem
UN warns of escalating settler violence in Qusra
Image credit: Shehab Wire (EN)
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The UN Office of the Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory called on Israeli authorities to remove settlers engaged in violence that has displaced thousands of Palestinians and unlawfully seized their land, Shehab Wire reported. The office did not specify a timeframe for the removal or detail consequences should authorities fail to act.
Qusra, a Palestinian village in the northern West Bank, has faced repeated settler attacks in recent years. The UN statement marks an escalation in public pressure on Israel to curtail what rights monitors have documented as a pattern of coordinated settler operations targeting Palestinian communities.
