UN warns of a sharp increase in Jewish settler violence in occupied Palestinian territories, deepening vulnerabilities and displacement while the expansion of illegal settlements compound humanitarian concerns
Jewish settlers set fire to Palestinian homes and vehicles Ramallah, occupied West Bank on June 21, 2023. / Photo: AA
"That’s an average of 99 incidents every month and a 39 percent increase compared with the monthly average of the whole of 2022, which is 71," Jens Laerke, spokesperson for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs , said on Friday at a UN briefing in Geneva. He highlighted that Palestinian communities who rely on herding are particularly vulnerable, saying that in the last two years, at least 399 people were forcibly displaced due to Israeli settler violence targeting seven communities engaged in herding across the occupied Palestinian territory.
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