Settler group depicts Israeli official as Hannibal Lecter

A video depicting Israel's European Union ambassador wearing a Hannibal Lecter mask has been condemned by the state after surfacing online.

The video accuses Lars Faaborg-Andersen of attempting to establish a "terror state" for his involvement in housing Palestinians between north Jerusalem, the Dead Sea and the Maale Adumim settlement.

The far-right settler group, Jerusalem Periphery Forum, has been vocal on the issue of "illegal Palestinian and Bedouin buildings funded by the European Union".

They declare the ambassador as "the man that stands behind the illegal building around Route 1" which they say is "creating facts on the ground so that there can be contiguous territory for a terrorist state in the future.

"It would be unthinkable for Israeli ambassadors in Europe to create outposts for the refuges. In that same way we can't let Andersen challenge us by acting in a way that endangers all of us.

"Lars Faaborg-Andersen undermines Israeli sovereignty and ignores Israeli law. We have to restrain Andersen," the video said.

Israel's foreign ministry condemned the video, spokesman Emmanuel Nahshon said in a statement.

"The director general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dore Gold condemns the disrespectful treatment of the European Union ambassador," Nahshon said.

International bodies, organisations and human rights groups have demanded Israel stop the expansion of illegal settlements across occupied territories. 

About 400,000 Israeli settlers live in illegal settlements protected by the Israeli army in the occupied West Bank.

Speaking at a UN Security Council's periodic Middle East debate, Ban-ki Moon described Israel's settlement activities are "an affront to the Palestinian people and to the international community".

The UN chief previously stated "Palestinian frustration is growing under the weight of a half century of occupation and the paralysis of the peace process.

"As oppressed peoples have demonstrated throughout the ages, it is human nature to react to occupation, which often serves as a potent incubator of hate and extremism."

Palestinian ambassador to the UN, Riyad Mansour, said Israel's settlement building is "the main obstacle to any meaningful political process".