Iran Press/ Middle East: In a statement on Friday, the PA's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates said that a spike in Israeli settler violence over the last week not only aims at terrorizing the defenseless Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank but also more theft of Palestinian land for the benefit of the colonial Israeli settlements and outposts.
The statement also announced: "Attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinians and their public and private property were focused on the areas south, east and west of the city of Nablus, in the north of the West Bank."
Meanwhile, the ministry confirmed that the Israeli settlers and settler organizations have been targeting this area to push forward achieving a greater settlement bloc that will prevent any possibility of creating a viable, geographically contiguous Palestinian state.
It added: "Settler attacks fall within the framework of this objective, which aims to achieve and impose a gradual and effective annexation of all areas classified as Area C and finally israelize them."
The ministry directly blamed the Israeli occupation government and the US administration of the outgoing President Donald Trump, holding them responsible for the spike in Israeli settler violence, which would prevent any chance of achieving peace.
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