The European Union (EU) expressed concern about the Israeli settlers’ violence against Palestinian residents and human rights defenders in the southern West Bank village of al Tuwani and the South Hebron Hills, demanding that Israel, as the occupying power, must take measures to protect Palestinians against settler violence.
On 4 April, two Israeli human rights defenders were accompanying a Palestinian shepherd and his flock of sheep on private Palestinian land when more than a dozen settlers started harassing and threatening them.
“This is entirely unacceptable,” tweeted the European Union’s office in Jerusalem.
“Everyone has the right, individually and in association with others, to participate in peaceful activities against human rights violations and fundamental freedoms,” it said. “Under international humanitarian law, Israeli authorities must take all necessary measures to protect Palestinians and their property against settler violence.”
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