Israel’s public security minister has described attacks by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank as ‘organised terrorism’.
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- Israel’s public security minister has described attacks by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank as ‘organised terrorism’.
- An Israeli minister has described on Monday attacks by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank as “organised terrorism”.
- Barlev sparked uproar last month when he criticised a wave of violence by West Bank settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank.
- Settler attacks targeting Palestinians are extremely common in the occupied West Bank, with Israeli security forces accused of turning a blind eye and conviction rates incredibly low.
- Most of the international community considers these settlements, home to some 400,000 Jewish Israeli settlers, to be illegal.