Bulldozers in refugee camps, detainees undressed and on which theon spits and farmers robbed of their harvest : the situation in the occupied West Bank is deteriorating rapidly «, he said, against a backdrop of war in Gaza, with levels of violence never seen in years, UN human rights chief Volker Turk warned on Thursday.
Commenting on a new report on the West Bank published by his office, the OHCHR, Mr. Turk expressed concern about the use of military and weapons assets by law enforcement forces, including, by movement restrictions affecting Palestinians and by a sharp increase in settler violence resulting in the displacement of herding communities.
« The dehumanization of Palestinians that characterizes many settler actions is very worrying and must stop immediately », said Mr. Turk, calling on Israel to investigate the incidents, he said, to prosecute the perpetrators and to protect Palestinian communities from any form of forced transfer.
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Poster Comment:
I support Israel. But it is true that there are innocent people there. We should pray for any innocent people who are trapped there. Those are real people.