Sarah MacIntosh, the UK permanent representative to the UN, has told the Security Council (UNSC) that recent attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinian villages and communities, in some cases alongside Israeli forces, are “appalling”.
– “The United Kingdom condemns escalating violence across the West Bank,” MacIntosh told a UNSC meeting on Palestine.
– “These are not isolated incidents. In July alone, 13 Palestinians and two Israelis were killed,” she said.
– The diplomat said a July report by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs “records more than 1,300 settler-related incidents, affecting over 250 Palestinian communities. Around 900 Palestinians injured, and more than 3,200 displaced, and at least three Israelis have been killed, and 24 injured this year. Children are among those most affected by conflict. They are being exposed to repeated violence, displacement, and disruption due to movement restrictions and military operations”.
– “Perpetrators have acted with impunity for too long, and much more must be done to prevent and prosecute acts of violence,” she said, calling on the Israeli government to “fulfil their obligations to protect the Palestinian population of the occupied territory”.
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