{"id":40072,"date":"2026-06-01T19:31:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T17:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/un-experts-warn-of-increased-violence-by-settlers-and-the-risk-of-displacement-of-palestinians\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T19:31:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T17:31:07","slug":"un-experts-warn-of-increased-violence-by-settlers-and-the-risk-of-displacement-of-palestinians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/un-experts-warn-of-increased-violence-by-settlers-and-the-risk-of-displacement-of-palestinians\/","title":{"rendered":"UN experts warn of increased violence by settlers and the risk of displacement of Palestinians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/thumbs_b_c_1da8c1c107b350d3b9489a0b7247d7b1.jpg\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;margin-bottom:20px\"><\/p>\n<p>UN experts have warned of a significant increase in Israeli settler violence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, saying the attacks pose an existential threat to Palestinian communities and risk accelerating forced displacement, reports Anadolu.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, experts said settler attacks, carried out with the support or approval of Israeli authorities, have become &#8220;daily terror&#8221; for Palestinians and are create conditions that force people to flee their homes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Escalating violence, carried out with complete impunity, serves as an instrument of coercion in the hands of the occupying power, facilitating ethnic cleansing,&#8221; they said.<\/p>\n<p>Experts said settler brutality has reached &#8220;unprecedented levels&#8221; in 2026, with at least 13 Palestinians killed and nearly 500 injured during the first five months of the year, surpassing figures from previous years.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, Palestinian communities in Area C of the occupied West Bank, particularly in the Jordan Valley and Southern Hebron Hills, have been disproportionately affected by violence and displacement.<\/p>\n<p>Experts cited the village of Umm al-Kheir, which they said has faced repeated building demolitions, disruptions to services and settler attacks amid expanding illegal settlement activity.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, continued displacement of Palestinians could expose some 663 square kilometers of land to further settlement expansion.<\/p>\n<p>Experts also warned that rising tensions in the region have diverted international attention from developments in the occupied Palestinian territory, allowing violence and displacement to continue without sufficient accountability.<\/p>\n<p>They did calls on Israel to end support for settlements and settler violence, to provide accountability for attacks and to guarantee the safe return of displaced residents.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Despite the clear illegality of the occupation of the West Bank, Israel remains bound by its obligations as an occupying power under the Geneva Conventions &#8211; including the obligation to treat the Palestinian population as &#8216;protected persons&#8217; under international humanitarian law,&#8221; the experts said.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"margin:30px 0\">\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#666\">Source: <strong>prizrenpost<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UN experts have warned of a significant increase in Israeli settler violence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, saying the attacks pose an existential threat to Palestinian communities and risk accelerating forced displacement, reports Anadolu. 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