Palestinian Authority slams Israeli settler attacks

Palestinian men confront Israeli settlers while soldiers stand by during recent clashes in the town of Huwara in the occupied West Bank. (File/AFP)

• Israel’s policy is to use brute force to perpetuate its occupation of Palestinian land, ministry says

RAMALLAH: Settler violence and terrorism are in accordance with the Israeli government’s anti-peace stance, and aim to sabotage the establishment of a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital, the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates said on Sunday. 
The ministry added that Israel’s policy is to use brute force to perpetuate its occupation of Palestinian land, the Palestinian News & Information Agency reported.
The ministry highlighted the intensifying expansion of settlement construction, and condemned recent settler attacks in Masafer Yatta, As-Samu, Nahalin, and Bedouin settlements in the Jordan Valley.
The ministry demanded an end to the Palestinian people’s plight, and called for international action to end the occupation.