Two foreign activists, one Palestinian injured in settler attack in occupied West Bank
We reported earlier about a settler attack in the village of Qusra, south of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank.
The organisation Staring the Occupation in the Face said two foreign activists and a Palestinian were injured as settlers from Esh Kodesh attacked farmers trying to reach their lands.
Video footage posted online shows a group of men, some of them masked, attacking the activists and beating them with wooden sticks.
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רמז: המחבלים שלא נעצרו נמצאים בסרטון. @IntlCrimCourt https://t.co/BQo0wB3N8E pic.twitter.com/m0yKnlzyrk
— מסתכלים לכיבוש בעיניים (@Mistaclim) July 21, 2024
‘Violent settlers must be held accountable’ after ICJ ruling, says UN expert
Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories, says on X that under the International Court of Justice’s new ruling, which said that Israel’s presence in Palestinian territory is unlawful, UN member states may now be required to disclose a list of their nationals who have settled there.
They may be especially true “as they commit crimes against the illegally occupied population,” Albanese added.
The ICJ judges pointed to a wide list of policies – including the building and expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, use of the area’s natural resources, the annexation and imposition of permanent control over lands and discriminatory policies against Palestinians – all of which it said violated international law.
Violent settlers must be held accountable. As Israel has proven unwilling or unable to bring them to justice, other countries must do so.
One of the implications of the ICJ AO is that UN member states may now be under an obligation to disclose the list of their nationals… https://t.co/NSWJedh4lM
— Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt (@FranceskAlbs) July 21, 2024
Israeli settlers burn olive grove in West Bank
Wafa news agency reports that a group of settlers have attacked the Palestinian community of Madama, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.
Local sources told Wafa that settlers set fire to land north of the village, causing dozens of olive trees to burn before the residents were able to put out the fire.
