B’Tselem: A wave of settlers’ riots across the West Bank – Responsibility for these pogroms lies with Israel

B’Tselem: A wave of settlers’ riots across the West Bank – Responsibility for these pogroms lies with Israel

Yesterday afternoon (Tuesday, 20 June 2023), two Palestinians shot and killed four people and injured another four at a gas station next to the settlement of Eli. That same afternoon, military forces came to the town of Huwarah and ordered business owners to close their shops, presumably in preparation for the arrival of settler-rioters and in place of taking any action that would protect residents and prevent harm from being done to them or their property. And indeed, beginning in the evening, settlers set out to commit pogroms across the entirety of the West Bank.

Click here to read the full statement issued by B’Tselem.