Israeli settlers Sunday razed stoned Palestinian vehicles near the village of Luban e-Sharkiya on the road connecting West Bank cities of Ramallah and Nablus. Sources told WAFA that about 15 Israeli settlers gathered in front of the illegal Israeli settlement of Eli and stoned Palestinian vehicles and even proceeded to assault the passengers inside. Extremist Israeli settlers’ violence against Palestinians and their property is routine in the West Bank and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities. Settlers’ violence includes property and mosque arsons, stone-throwing, uprooting of crops and olive trees, attacks on vulnerable homes, among others. Between 500,000 and 600,000 Israelis live in Jewish-only settlements across occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank in violation of international law. All settlements across the West Bank are illegal under international law, particularly article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, which establishes that the occupying power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies.

Source: En – Palestine news & Information Agency – WAFA