Khaberni - One hundred Democratic members in the US Congress called on the Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Michael McCaul, to introduce a bill to combat violence in the West Bank and hold those responsible accountable.
In a letter addressed to the Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, the members stated that extremist settler organizations continue to practice terrorism in the West Bank without any deterrent.
The one hundred Democratic members considered that preventing violence in the West Bank is a fundamental step towards achieving stability.
Assaults
The settler assaults are part of a broader Israeli escalation in the West Bank by the army and settlers, since Tel Aviv started a US-supported genocidal war in the Gaza Strip on October 8, 2023.
The assaults in the West Bank, concurrent with the war on Gaza, resulted in the martyrdom of no less than 1,069 Palestinians, and injuries to about 10,700 others, in addition to the arrest of more than 20,500 others.
The Israeli genocide that began by Tel Aviv on October 8, 2023, which lasted for two years, left more than 69,000 dead, and more than 170,000 injured, most of them women and children.
Since October 10, 2023, a ceasefire agreement has been in place between Hamas and Israel, but the latter breaches it daily, resulting in hundreds of Palestinian martyrs and injured, in addition to restricting the entry of food and medical supplies.
