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Jordan on Saturday condemned escalating attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, calling the violence an extension of the Israeli government’s extremist policies and holding Israel fully responsible.
Jordan’s Foreign Ministry said recent attacks on Palestinian villages included the burning of homes, agricultural land and vehicles, as well as the uprooting of numerous trees.
The ministry described the incidents as an escalation of “settler terrorism” targeting Palestinians in the West Bank.
The ministry said the attacks were an extension of the Israeli government’s extremist policies and illegal practices in the occupied West Bank.
It said the actions fueled extremism and violence while undermining opportunities to achieve peace based on a two-state solution.
Jordan said Israel, as the occupying power, was responsible for continuing attacks and crimes against the Palestinian people and occupied Palestinian territory.
The ministry called on the international community to fulfill its legal and moral responsibilities.
It said Israel must be compelled to stop settler attacks, hold those responsible accountable and ensure they do not escape punishment.
Jordan said a just and comprehensive regional peace depended on fulfilling the Palestinian people’s legitimate right to establish an independent and sovereign state along the borders of June 4, 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital.
Eight Palestinians were injured Saturday morning in an attack by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank city of Qalqilya.
Israeli forces also detained at least 70 Palestinians during raids across West Bank cities, villages and towns, particularly in the town of Tell near Nablus.
Israeli forces continued to surround Tell, according to reports.
Israeli troops and settlers killed four Palestinians in Nablus on Friday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed authorities to accelerate the recognition of unauthorized Jewish settlements built on Palestinian land and the establishment of new ones.
The order followed clashes in the northern occupied West Bank that killed four Palestinians and two Israelis.
Arrests, raids and attacks against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem have increased since Israel launched its assault on the Gaza Strip in October 2023.
During that period, escalating violence by the Israeli military in cooperation with settlers has killed 1,182 Palestinians, injured about 13,000, led to the detention of nearly 24,000 and forcibly displaced 33,000 people.
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