‘Emboldened’ Israeli settlers in West Bank increasingly attacking in groups: UN official
Ajith Sunghay, the head of the UN Human Rights office in the occupied Palestinian territories, has told Al Jazeera a lack of accountability – and in some cases egging on from Israeli officials – has led to a spike in both settler violence and violence committed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank.
Notably, Sunghay said, there has been an increase in group settler attacks on Palestinians. He spoke shortly after the UN agency released a report calling on Israel to curtail the violence, which has resulted in the death of 291 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank since October 7.
Israeli settlers killed eight of those victims, and one Palestinian was killed either by Israeli troops or settlers, according to the report.
“I think that’s extremely important to underscore – where there is impunity violations will continue to happen,” he said.
He added: “These statements [from Israeli officials] embolden settlers, give them a sense of security, it gives them a certain kind of permission to do what they want to do.”
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