The Ministry of Foreign Affairs calls for imposing deterrent international sanctions on the colonial settlement system

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemns the attacks of armed settler militias and their terrorist elements against Palestinian citizens, their vehicles, properties, homes and holy sites throughout the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, as well as their rampage on main roads, blocking them and paralyzing the movement of citizens and their freedom of movement to and from their towns and businesses, all in full view of the occupation army and its various arms and under their protection.

The Ministry views with great concern the settlers and their terrorist organizations’ boasting about these brutal attacks and their deliberate public legitimacy supported by extremist circles in the occupation government. The Ministry also strongly condemns the policy of imposing collective punishment, installing more iron gates and closing them to Palestinian citizens, and the restrictions imposed by the occupation forces to dismember the West Bank, prevent the movement of citizens, and allow extremist settlers to violate the West Bank.

The Ministry has always warned the international community of the dangers of escalating settler attacks against Palestinian citizens. While it holds the Israeli government fully and directly responsible for these attacks, it also holds the international community responsible for its failure to stop them and force the occupying state and its arms to dismantle them and lift protection from them. It calls for the imposition of deterrent international sanctions on the entire colonial settlement system.