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UN rights office warns of worsening settler violence in West Bank
The UN said attacks and new outposts have reached record levels, with 18 Palestinians killed in settler-linked incidents this year, according to UN figures.
- On Wednesday, the United Nations human rights office warned that Israeli settler violence in the occupied West Bank has worsened, urging international action against rising attacks and record-high settlement expansion.
- Earlier in July, Israel's security cabinet approved 1.3 billion shekels to establish 34 new settlements in the West Bank, a move Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called "historic."
- Ravina Shamdasani, spokesperson for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, stated settlers have "attacked local communities, assaulting families, destroying and confiscating property, and burning mosques." United Nations figures show 18 Palestinians killed in settler-linked incidents this year.
- On Friday, a confrontation near the Palestinian village of Tal southwest of Nablus left two Israeli soldiers and four Palestinians dead; Israeli soldiers subsequently patrolled the nearby village of Tell on July 25.
- About 700,000 Israeli settlers live among 2.7 million Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem; while the international community views settlements as illegal, Israel rejects this stance, citing historical ties and describing the territory as disputed.
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UN rights office warns of worsening settler violence in West Bank
The U.N. human rights office on Wednesday warned of worsening violence by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, and urged international action against the killing of Palestinians as well as the creation of settlements, which it said had reached an all-time high.
·London, United Kingdom
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Media in Israel fuel violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank by uncritically adopting calls for violence from politicians. This is reported by the newspaper Haaretz. Reporting following the bloody attack in the Palestinian village of Tell, in which six people were killed, shows exactly how this happens. A reconstruction.
·Brussels, Belgium
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Total News Sources22
Leaning Left5Leaning Right6Center4Last UpdatedBias Distribution40% Right
Bias Distribution
- 40% of the sources lean Right
40% Right
L 33%
C 27%
R 40%
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