The crime is part of an unprecedented brutal wave of settler violence across the occupied West Bank, which has been encouraged by Ben-Gvir’s fascist measures.

The Israeli occupation has already killed over 35 Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem this year, and is keeping over 165 Palestinian minors in prison

Representatives of Palestinian citizens of Israel in the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, often face isolation and threats of expulsion for standing with their fellow Palestinians in the occupied territories

Earlier in the week, Israeli forces conducted multiple raids across the occupied West Bank, with settler attacks and other acts of violence against Palestinians also being reported

The death toll from the settler attacks and raids by the Israeli security forces since last Tuesday rose to 16 on Sunday. The settlers and security forces also caused extensive damage to Palestinian homes, cars, farmlands, crops, and crucial civilian infrastructure such as electricity grids

The settler violence caused widespread damage to Palestinian property, with hundreds of cars and dozens of homes completely burnt

The mob was led by key ministers of the Benjamin Netanyahu government, Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotric, and was joined by at least 20 parliamentarians. They wanted the Israeli government to reopen and “legalize” the settlement outpost Evyatar

Israel has killed 10 Palestinians around Jenin in just three days, taking the total number of Palestinians killed since the start of this year to 78, which includes 14 children 

Thousands of Palestinians in Israel took to the streets to protest the attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinian homes and properties in Nablus on Sunday, February 26.

A long time leader of the illegal settler movement in the occupied territories, Bezalel Smotrich is now a minister in Benjamin Netanyahu’s ultra-right government and also looks after settler affairs. His vicious statements come days after the town of Huwara was attacked by hundreds of settlers 

Israel released all eight settlers accused of the violence in Nablus on Sunday within hours of their arrest. At least one Palestinian died and close to 400 were wounded in the Israeli settler violence

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