OHCHR / WEST BANK VIOLENCE - ARABIC

“Images of mobs of masked Israeli settlers carrying out arson attacks in the occupied West Bank this week are abhorrent and reflect a wider pattern of increased violence against Palestinians. Several people were injured in the attacks, which included a raid on a dairy factory and the torching of delivery trucks and homes,” UN Human Rights spokesperson Thameen Al-Kheetan said. OHCHR / UNTV CH

• Video Length: 00:02:37
• Production Date: 14 November 2025
• Asset Language: Arabic
• Corporate Name: OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS - OHCHR
• Subject Topical: VIOLENCE
• Geographic Subject: WEST BANK
• MAMS Id: 3500330
• Parent Id: 3500330
• Alternate Title: unifeed251114b

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STORY: OHCHR / WEST BANK VIOLENCE - ARABIC
TRT: 02:37
SOURCE: OHCHR / UNTV CH
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ARABIC / NATS

DATELINE: 14 NOVEMBER 2025, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

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1. SOUNDBITE (English) Thameen Al-Kheetan, Spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
“Images of mobs of masked Israeli settlers carrying out arson attacks in the occupied West Bank this week – that left several injured – are abhorrent and reflect a wider pattern of increased violence against Palestinians. Israeli authorities have ramped up home demolitions, the seizure of property, arrests, and movement restrictions, alongside unabated building of settlements and outposts and the forcible displacement and transfer of thousands of Palestinians by Israeli settlers and the military.
Permanently displacing the Palestinian population within occupied territory amounts to unlawful transfer, which is a war crime. The transfer by Israel of parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies also amounts to a war crime.
We reiterate that the Israeli Government’s assertion of sovereignty over the occupied West Bank and its annexation of parts of it are in breach of international law, as the International Court of Justice has confirmed. They also violate the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination. Since 7 October 2023, and up until 13 November 2025, Israeli security forces and settlers have killed at least 1,017 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Among the victims were 221 children.
Among the latest fatalities in the West Bank was a 13-year-old Palestinian boy Aysam Jihad Labib Naser. He died on Tuesday, a month after inhaling tear gas fired by Israeli security forces towards him and his family, as settlers were attacking them while they were harvesting olives in their land in Beita, near Nablus. Attacks against Palestinians and their property must stop, and those responsible must be held to account. Israel must end its unlawful presence in the occupied Palestinian territory, including by ceasing immediately all new settlement activities, and evacuating all settlers from the occupied Palestinian territory. Palestinians’ right to self-determination must be realised.”

Storyline

“Images of mobs of masked Israeli settlers carrying out arson attacks in the occupied West Bank this week are abhorrent and reflect a wider pattern of increased violence against Palestinians. Several people were injured in the attacks, which included a raid on a dairy factory and the torching of delivery trucks and homes,” UN Human Rights spokesperson Thameen Al-Kheetan said.

ARABIC TRANSLATION:

ثمين الخيطان، متحدث باسم مفوضية الأمم المتحدة السامية لحقوق الإنسان

"إن مشاهد حشود المستوطنين الإسرائيليين الملثمين الذين نفذوا هجمات حرق في الضفة الغربية المحتلة هذا الأسبوع – وأسفرت عن إصابة عدة أشخاص – هي صور بغيضة، وتعكس نمطاً أوسع من العنف المتزايد ضد الفلسطينيين.
السلطات الإسرائيلية كثفت عمليات هدم المنازل ومصادرة الممتلكات والاعتقالات وفرض قيود على التنقل. هذا إلى جانب استمرار بناء المستوطنات والبؤر الاستيطانية وتشريد ونقل آلاف الفلسطينيين قسراً على يد المستوطنين الإسرائيليين والجيش.
إن التهجير الدائم للسكان الفلسطينيين داخل الأرض المحتلة يرقى إلى مستوى النقل غير القانوني، وهو جريمة حرب. كما أن نقل إسرائيل لأعداد من سكانها المدنيين إلى الأراضي التي تحتلها يشكل أيضاً جريمة حرب.
نكرر كذلك أن ادعاء الحكومة الإسرائيلية بالسيادة على الضفة الغربية المحتلة وضمَّها لأجزاء منها يشكلان انتهاكاً للقانون الدولي، كما أكدت محكمة العدل الدولية. وينتهكان كذلك حق الشعب الفلسطيني في تقرير المصير.
منذ 7 تشرين الأول/أكتوبر 2023 وحتى 13 تشرين الثاني/نوفمبر 2025، قتلت قوات الأمن الإسرائيلية والمستوطنون ما لا يقل عن 1017 فلسطينياً في الضفة الغربية المحتلة، بما فيها القدس الشرقية. وكان من بين الضحايا مئتان وواحدٌ وعشرون طفلاً.
من بين أحدث الضحايا في الضفة الغربية، الطفل الفلسطيني أيسم جهاد لبيب ناصر، البالغ من العمر 13 عاماً. توفي يوم الثلاثاء، بعد شهر من استنشاقه غازاً مسيلاً للدموع أطلقته قوات الأمن الإسرائيلية عليه وعلى عائلته، أثناء هجوم مستوطنين عليهم وهم يقطفون الزيتون في أراضيهم في بيتا، بالقرب من نابلس.
الهجمات ضد الفلسطينيين وممتلكاتهم يجب أن تتوقف، والمسؤولون عنها يجب أن يحاسبوا. على إسرائيل أن تنهي وجودها غيرَ القانوني في الأرض الفلسطينية المحتلة، بما في ذلك من خلال الوقف الفوري لجميع أنشطة الاستيطان الجديدة، وإجلاء جميع المستوطنين من الأرض الفلسطينية المحتلة. يجب تحقيق حق الفلسطينيين في تقرير المصير."

English translation:
Images of mobs of masked Israeli settlers carrying out arson attacks in the occupied West Bank this week – that left several injured – are abhorrent and reflect a wider pattern of increased violence against Palestinians.
Israeli authorities have ramped up home demolitions, the seizure of property, arrests, and movement restrictions, alongside unabated building of settlements and outposts and the forcible displacement and transfer of thousands of Palestinians by Israeli settlers and the military.
Permanently displacing the Palestinian population within occupied territory amounts to unlawful transfer, which is a war crime. The transfer by Israel of parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies also amounts to a war crime.
We reiterate that the Israeli Government’s assertion of sovereignty over the occupied West Bank and its annexation of parts of it are in breach of international law, as the International Court of Justice has confirmed. They also violate the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination.
Since 7 October 2023, and up until 13 November 2025, Israeli security forces and settlers have killed at least 1,017 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Among the victims were 221 children.
Among the latest fatalities in the West Bank was a 13-year-old Palestinian boy Aysam Jihad Labib Naser. He died on Tuesday, a month after inhaling tear gas fired by Israeli security forces towards him and his family, as settlers were attacking them while they were harvesting olives in their land in Beita, near Nablus.
Attacks against Palestinians and their property must stop, and those responsible must be held to account. Israel must end its unlawful presence in the occupied Palestinian territory, including by ceasing immediately all new settlement activities, and evacuating all settlers from the occupied Palestinian territory. Palestinians’ right to self-determination must be realised.