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Palestinian violently attacked by Israeli settlers in W Bank

Israeli settlers violently attack Palestinian man in West Bank
MENA
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27 May, 2023
Settlers from the Esh Kodesh settlement attacked a Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank on Friday and shot at Palestinian vehicles, an activist said.
The reported incident took place close to Qusra, a town in Nablus province [Issam Rimawi/Anadolu Agency/Getty-file photo]

A Palestinian was violently attacked by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank on Friday, an activist said.

Settlers from the Esh Kodesh settlement attacked the man close to Qusra, a town in Nablus province, activist Fuad Hassan was cited as saying by the official Palestinian news agency Wafa.

They also shot at Palestinian vehicles in the area, Hassan said. No one was known to have been wounded.

Palestinians routinely come under attack from Israeli forces and settlers, who have killed more than 150 so far this year.

Settlements breach international law. They are considered a key barrier to a workable two-state solution as they carve up Palestinian land.

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There are more than 700,000 settlers residing illegally in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

Settlers in the West Bank are subject to Israel's civilian justice system while Palestinians in the same territory are put through military courts.

Amnesty International mentioned these military courts in its 2021 report that found Israel is committing apartheid against Palestinians.

There has been a growing consensus among human rights and civil society groups that Israel is engaged in apartheid, with Human Rights Watch and several Palestinian and Israeli organisations holding this position.

"Our organisations substantiate that Israel has created and maintained an apartheid regime over the Palestinian people as a whole, in violation of its obligations under international law," said eight groups, including well-known Palestinian legal rights NGO Al-Haq, in 2019.