The remarks from Office of U. In addition to using firearms to attack Palestinians, settlers and Israeli forces also torched hundreds of homes, buildings and cars in the West Bank, per OCHCR. High Commissioner for Human Rights come in response to a recent settler rampage in several of the West Bank’s Palestinian towns. Israel captured the West Bank in the 1967 war, and since its occupation has continued to build a massive number of settlements belonging to more than half a million JewishThe United Nations’ human rights office demanded on Tuesday that Israeli security forces immediately stop participating in and enabling continued attacks by Jewish settlers against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, as the international community’s fears of a wider regional war continue to grow. The OHCHR said that all states with influence in the region must do “everything in their power” to stop the catastrophic situation in Gaza, escalating tensions in the West Bank and the heightened risk of a wider regional war in the Middle East. Following the deadly Oct. President Joe Biden, whose administration’s support has been integral in Israel’s offensive in Gaza, has repeatedly spoken out against the settler violence and extremism in the West7, Israeli forces and settlers have killed at least 465 people in the West Bank and wounded more than 4,750, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. The international community has long considered the settlements illegal and an obstacle to lasting regional peace. S. S. can impose sanctions on individuals and entities linked to violence in the West Bank ― a move that gives the White House power to block U. nonprofits from sending money to settlers. Under an executive order signed earlier this year, the U.
