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OHCHR / HUMAN RIGHTS WEST BANK
STORY: OHCHR / HUMAN RIGHTS WEST BANK
TRT: 2:02
SOURCE: OHCHR
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 28 DECEMBER 2023 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / FILE
FILE - GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
1. Med shot, exteriors, Palais Wilson
28 DECEMBER 2023 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights:
“I have released today a report that details the rapidly deteriorating human rights situation in the occupied West Bank. The use of military tactics and weapons in law enforcement contexts and the use of unnecessary or disproportionate force by the Israeli Security Forces are extremely troubling. From 7 October to 27 December this year, 300 Palestinians, including 77 children, have been killed in the occupied West Bank. In the same period, Israeli Security Forces have arrested more than 4,700 Palestinians, including about 40 journalists. At the same time, Israeli authorities have imposed severe and systematic restrictions on the movement of Palestinians across the West Bank. I call for an immediate end to the use of military weapons and means during law enforcement operations, an end to arbitrary detention and ill-treatment of Palestinians, and the lifting of discriminatory movement restrictions. In the weeks following 7 October, there has also been a sharp rise in settler attacks with an average of six incidents per day, such as shootings, burning of homes and vehicles, and uprooting of olive trees – the lifeline to Palestinian farmers. The dehumanization of Palestinians that characterizes many of the settlers' actions is very disturbing and must cease immediately. I call on Israel to take immediate, clear and effective steps to put an end to settler violence against the Palestinian population, to investigate all incidents of violence by settlers and Israeli Security Forces, to ensure effective protection of Palestinian communities against any form of forcible transfer, and to ensure the ability of herding communities that are displaced because of repeated attacks by armed settlers to return to their lands.”
FILE - GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
3. Med shot, Palais Wilson exteriors
UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk said today (28 Dec) Israel should take “immediate, clear and effective steps to put an end to settler violence against the Palestinian population” in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem.
He also called on Israel to investigate all incidents of violence by settlers and Israeli Security Forces, to ensure effective protection of Palestinian communities. His call following a report by his office detailing the rapidly deteriorating human rights situation in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, after 7 October 2023.
Türk added, “I have released today a report that details the rapidly deteriorating human rights situation in the occupied West Bank. The use of military tactics and weapons in law enforcement contexts and the use of unnecessary or disproportionate force by the Israeli Security Forces are extremely troubling.”
He said, “from 7 October to 27 December this year, 300 Palestinians, including 77 children, have been killed in the occupied West Bank.”
He continued, “in the same period, Israeli Security Forces have arrested more than 4,700 Palestinians, including about 40 journalists.”
Türk added, “at the same time, Israeli authorities have imposed severe and systematic restrictions on the movement of Palestinians across the West Bank.”
He said, “I call for an immediate end to the use of military weapons and means during law enforcement operations, an end to arbitrary detention and ill-treatment of Palestinians, and the lifting of discriminatory movement restrictions.”
“In the weeks following 7 October, there has also been a sharp rise in settler attacks with an average of six incidents per day, such as shootings, burning of homes and vehicles, and uprooting of olive trees – the lifeline to Palestinian farmers,” he continued.
Türk also said, “the dehumanization of Palestinians that characterizes many of the settlers' actions is very disturbing and must cease immediately.”
“I call on Israel to take immediate, clear and effective steps to put an end to settler violence against the Palestinian population, to investigate all incidents of violence by settlers and Israeli Security Forces, to ensure effective protection of Palestinian communities against any form of forcible transfer, and to ensure the ability of herding communities that are displaced because of repeated attacks by armed settlers to return to their lands.” Türk said.
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