We, the undersigned seventy two nearby and country wide agencies, write this letter to urgently ask you to take on the spot action in response to the escalation of Israeli settler attacks that have taken area underneath the watch of the Israeli army. We also call for a rapid crisis response meeting with relevant nearby and countrywide US businesses and regulators to speak about those urgent issues.
over the last two weeks, dozens of Israeli settlers, a number of whom may also be US citizens, have carried out violent attacks at the Palestinian villages of Al-Laban Al-Sharqiya and Turmusaya in the occupied West financial institution. those attacks covered destruction of property, including arson and stone throwing, which led to damage to cars, houses, and companies. Worryingly, many Palestinians have been shot with stay bullets, both by using settlers or soldiers. this case is extraordinarily demanding because it shows an abject failure at the a part of the Israeli government to defend Palestinian lives and assets.
And on Monday nighttime, June 19, these settlers now not most effective focused Palestinians, however additionally blocked foremost roads during the West bank, impeding the movement of harmless civilians. Eyewitnesses suggested a bad incident in which a settler riding his automobile deliberately hit a 12-12 months-old Palestinian boy using a bicycle, then attacked him with the butt of a rifle.
At approximately 10:30 inside the evening, more than 100 settlers collected close to street 60 at the doorway to Al-Lubban Al-Sharqiya, which brought about a rampage that ended in adverse many cars, destroying many homes, and vandalizing stores and fuel stations.
It have to be stated that the various focused Palestinian civilians inside the metropolis of Turmusaya are American citizens, which provides to the urgency of this be counted. those incidents are uncannily much like violent riots with the aid of Israeli settlers concentrated on local citizens inside the city of Huwwara earlier this 12 months.
although the military and police had been present throughout those brutal attacks, they did not intrude to prevent the violence. instead, they protected the settlers, and allowed them to behave with impunity. The Israeli anti-profession non-governmental human rights corporation Yesh Din issued the following statement documenting settler violence in numerous locations, including Luban al-Sharqiya, Za’tara Junction, Yitzhar Junction, Hawara, Qabalan, and Beitin: