At least six Palestinians in the West Bank have been murdered by Israeli settlers since the start of the war against Iran
The European Union and the United Kingdom issued statements this week calling for an end to Israeli settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
“We are appalled by the murder of five Palestinians in incidents of settler violence over the past week,” the British Consulate General in Jerusalem said in a statement published on X.
The statement added that “Israeli security forces described such violence as ‘unacceptable’” and called for “swift and thorough investigations to follow and for those responsible to be held accountable.”
The EU issued similar comments on Tuesday, calling on Israeli authorities to take “immediate and effective measures” and urging Israel to “fulfill its obligations under international law to protect the Palestinian population in the occupied territory”.
These diplomatic statements come after a sharp escalation in attacks and killings of Palestinians across the West Bank by Israeli settlers under the pretext of Israel’s war against Iran.
On Thursday, Middle East Eye reported that at least six Palestinians had been killed in settler attacks over the past week.
Last Sunday, a group of 100 masked Israeli settlers invaded the town of Abu Falah in an attempt to displace Palestinian residents. The attackers shot dead Fara Hamayel, 57, and Thaer Hamayel, 30, and injured several others, MEE reported.
On Friday, Wafa news agency reported that settlers invaded Hamza al-Fouqa in the Jordan Valley, attacking Palestinians and stealing 300 head of cattle, as well as paving a new road to intensify settlement activity northeast of Ramallah.
Settler settlements in the West Bank are illegal under international law as they violate Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, which prohibits occupying powers from transferring members of their population to the territory they occupy.
Palestinian human rights organizations have revealed that settler violence has increased by 25% since the start of the war against Iran.
On Thursday, 21 British and international civil society organizations called on the UK government to “urgently ban the import of any product that is wholly or partly manufactured in Israel’s illegal settlements.”
The letter was sent following a demand from 119 British MPs to increase sanctions against Israel and ban all trade with illegal settlements.
According to the civil society letter, the UK remains a main destination for many resettlement products, which is “crucial to the economic viability of resettlement” and “drives further expansion of resettlement”.
Originally published by Middle East Eye
By Shraddha Joshi
Source: https://www.ocafezinho.com/2026/03/15/ue-e-reino-unido-denunciam-violencia-de-colonos-israelenses-contra-palestinos-na-cisjordania/
