Israeli authorities have denied Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa permission to go to Palestinian cities and villages within the occupied West Bank which have been repeatedly focused by unlawful settlers, a Palestinian official mentioned Saturday.
Mouayed Shaban, head of the Colonization and Wall and Resistance Commission, informed Anadolu that Israel refused to coordinate Mustafa’s deliberate go to to the villages of Burqa and Deir Dibwan, east of Ramallah, and Duma and Qusra, south of Nablus.
These areas have confronted continuous assaults by unlawful settlers, exacerbated by the Israeli navy’s involvement.
Shaban defined that, underneath agreements between the Palestinian Authority and Israel, the motion of Palestinian officers requires coordination because of the presence of protecting safety forces accompanying them. However, this coordination was rejected by Israeli authorities, marking a “dangerous precedent,” Shaban mentioned.
The refusal got here after unlawful settlers reportedly launched a marketing campaign of incitement towards the premier, pressuring the Israeli authorities to dam the go to, a transfer which the Israeli authorities subsequently adopted.
Reports point out that by the tip of 2024, there have been roughly 770,000 unlawful Israeli settlers dwelling within the occupied West Bank throughout 180 settlements and 256 outposts, together with 138 labeled as agricultural and pastoral settlements.
Tension has been excessive within the occupied West Bank, the place not less than 952 Palestinians have been killed and over 7,000 others injured because the begin of the Gaza struggle in October 2023, based on Palestinian figures.
In July 2024, the International Court of Justice declared Israel’s decades-long occupation of Palestinian land unlawful and demanded the evacuation of all current settlements within the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Source: www.anews.com.tr