UN chief ‘gravely concerned’ at Israeli settler violence in West Bank

Palestinians survey the damage caused during a rampage by extremist Israeli settlers, in the West Bank village of Jinsafut, January 21, 2025. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
Palestinians survey the damage caused during a rampage by extremist Israeli settlers, in the West Bank village of Jinsafut, January 21, 2025. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

The UN chief voices alarm at rising violence by Israeli settlers in the West Bank and calls for annexation.

“I am gravely concerned by the rising violence in the occupied West Bank by Israeli settlers and other violations, as well as calls for annexation,” Antonio Guterres tells the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva.

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