UN Report Says Israeli Forces Enabled Settler Attacks in West Bank
The commission said attacks on Palestinian villages have surged 130% since 2023 and that Israeli security forces routinely shield settlers.
- On Tuesday, a United Nations inquiry found that Israeli authorities have enabled settler attacks through financial and military support, alleging direct involvement in violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
- Attacks on Palestinian villages and agricultural land have surged 130% since 2023, as Israeli security forces have routinely accompanied settlers and acted as a shield for the violence.
- Commission head S. Muralidhar, an Indian former senior judge, declared, "The relentless, daily assaults by Israeli settlers against Palestinians are intolerable — and must end," citing a "de facto collapse of the distinction between settlers and soldiers."
- Rejecting the allegations as "scandalous," the Israeli Prime Minister Office stated that troops do not shield settlers, claiming such actions are rogue incidents that violate military protocol and are investigated.
- Serious abuses in the Gaza Strip by Hamas were also documented by the Commission, which found the group involved in at least 60 of 249 cases of executions and severe physical violence classified as war crimes.
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UN finds Israeli forces complicit in settler attacks
Israeli authorities are directly involved in settler attacks that have killed, injured and displaced Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, while Israeli security forces provide protection to settlers, a U.N. inquiry said on Tuesday. The report by the Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory found that Israeli authorities had enabled settler attacks through financial and military support, in a climate of impunity fostered by …
According to the UN, Jewish settlers operate in the West Bank in a "climate of impunity". The authorities also supported attacks against Palestinians militarily.
According to a UN commission, Israeli security forces regularly accompany settlers and serve them "as shields" in their horrific actions. Several states impose sanctions against involved networks. An Israeli minister is also affected.
According to a United Nations report, the Israeli state is responsible for the violence of settlers against Palestinians.
UN accuses Israel of aiding West Bank settler violence, says Hamas committed war crimes in Gaza
The UN report claimed that Israeli authorities had enabled settler attacks through financial and military support, in an alleged climate of impunity fostered by judicial and law-enforcement bodies.
Populația Palestiniană din Territoriile Occupied in the West Bank and in Fâşia Gaza is prinsă la Mijloc între Atacuri ale Coloniştilor - Israel's Substinii - and Mişcarea Islamistă Hamas, trage marți un semnal de alarmă o Comisie Internațională de anchetă Mandată UN, relatează AFP.
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