Amman — Palestinians have called for an urgent session of the United Nations Security Council to halt escalating settler attacks in the occupied West Bank, which, according to Palestinian statements, are carried out daily against Palestinians under the protection of Israeli occupation forces. They also called for those responsible to be held internationally accountable.
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The West Bank has witnessed a rise in settler attacks alongside military raids, killings, acts of vandalism and the seizure of Palestinian land, amid concerns that the olive harvest season could be exploited to target farmers and undermine their livelihoods.
The attacks come amid the expansion of settlements and attempts to impose new realities on Palestinian land, while increasing pressure on Palestinians and pushing them toward displacement, particularly in rural areas threatened by settlement expansion.
The Palestinian presidency stressed the need for practical measures to provide international protection to Palestinians amid escalating attacks by settlers and occupation forces in the West Bank.
Palestinian presidential spokesperson Nabil Abu Rudeineh said settlers carry out daily attacks targeting farmers, olive pickers and their property, including the burning of trees and vehicles, uprooting olive trees, stealing livestock and crops, assaulting Palestinians and preventing them from accessing their land.
Abu Rudeineh held the Israeli government responsible for the continued attacks, citing the protection provided to settlers by occupation forces. In a statement issued Tuesday, he called for urgent international action to stop the attacks and prevent forced displacement.
Similarly, the Central Committee of the Fatah movement called on the international community to impose sanctions on the Israeli occupation authorities over the escalation of settler attacks and the targeting of Palestinian farmers and theft of their crops. It said the attacks are being carried out with the sponsorship and encouragement of official Israeli institutions and the Israeli army.
In a statement, the committee said it was closely following Israeli attacks against Palestinians, their land and holy sites, from Rafah to Jenin, warning of the consequences of continued escalation amid what it described as weak international protests.
Meanwhile, the Fatah Central Committee stressed the importance of the Egyptian initiative for Palestinian dialogue and the need to continue talks with various factions, including Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, with the aim of ending the division and achieving national unity based on political partnership and elections.
The committee also discussed the difficult humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, the continued violations linked to the ceasefire and limited humanitarian aid. It called on Arab countries to resume providing the financial resources needed to strengthen Palestinian resilience.
On the internal front, the committee decided to form a committee to examine mechanisms for ending the exceptional situation within Fatah, based on proposals submitted by President Mahmoud Abbas and decisions of the movement’s Revolutionary Council.
Separately, Hamas condemned US sanctions imposed on the International Criminal Court, describing them as an attack on international justice and an attempt to shield Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli leaders from accountability for alleged war crimes and genocide committed against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
The movement said in a statement that Netanyahu’s praise for the decision reflects, in its view, his efforts to evade accountability. It stressed that political pressure would not deter the court from carrying out its role in pursuing those responsible for international crimes.
Hamas called on countries around the world, particularly states parties to the Rome Statute, to reject the US sanctions, support the court, protect its judges and staff, and take steps to ensure that perpetrators of war crimes are held accountable and prevented from escaping punishment.
The statements come amid growing tensions between Washington and the International Criminal Court over its investigations and proceedings concerning alleged crimes committed in the Palestinian territories.
In November 2024, the court issued arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant over alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip.
On October 9, 2026, the United States imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court as an institution, escalating President Donald Trump’s administration’s campaign against the court over its investigations and proceedings involving Israeli officials, including Netanyahu and Gallant.
The move followed earlier US sanctions targeting judges and prosecutors at the court, including its president, Tomoko Akane, in August. The court said the new sanctions were aimed at obstructing its work and undermining the independence of international justice.
The US decision coincided with the announcement that former International Criminal Court judge Navi Pillay had been awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of her efforts to promote peace and international law, at a time of growing pressure on international judicial institutions.
Source: Al-Ghad
