Palestinian Foreign Ministry Condemns Settler Terrorism South of Nablus

Ramallah, August 13 (KUNA) -- The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates today strongly condemned the dangerous escalation by settlers and their attacks on the town of Qusra, south of Nablus, along with the five-day siege of Palestinian families’ homes. In a statement, the ministry affirmed that the occupation is intensifying settler terrorism and employing them as an unruly instrument to implement its criminal policies, including sabotage, siege, forced displacement, and creating conditions to complete the annexation project of the West Bank, under the protection provided by occupation institutions that continue to treat their crimes with contempt. The ministry called on the international community, its institutions, and the U.S. administration to intervene immediately to halt these measures and practices aimed at annexing the West Bank, urging them to assume their responsibilities and take immediate and effective steps to stop settler terrorism, hold perpetrators accountable, and impose sanctions on them and on entities that provide them with protection and support. Settlers are besieging three Palestinian families in the town, having sabotaged electricity and water networks and fired shots at homes. (End) N.Q./F.A.S.