A U.N. report says over 1,100 Palestinians have fled their homes in the West Bank since the start of 2022 due to Israeli settler violence
FILE - Palestinian shepherd Mustafa Arara, 24, stands in the ruins of the West Bank Bedouin village of al-Baqa where residents fled in July after settlers established an outpost a stone's throw from the village in June, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023. Over 1100 Palestinians have fled their homes in the West Bank since the start of 2022, according to a report from the U.N. U.N. released Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. Officials described the exodus as unprecedented in recent memory.
“The U.N. has recorded unprecedented levels of settler violence against Palestinians this year," said Lynn Hastings, humanitarian coordinator for the occupied Palestinian territory. "The humanitarian community is responding to their immediate needs, but there would be no need for humanitarian assistance if their fundamental rights were upheld.”
The affected villages are mostly reliant on herding and agriculture for their livelihoods. Nearly all of the communities reported having to sell part of their livestock and 70% have had to borrow money to pay for artificial feed after settler incursions cut off access to their grazing lands, the report says.
COGAT, the Israeli defense body responsible for Palestinian civilian affairs, did not respond to a request for comment.
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