Ramallah – Together – Palestinian forces, committees and institutions launched calls to confront settler attacks, which have escalated since yesterday in the wake of the killing of a settler in the West Bank.
The national and Islamic forces in Ramallah and Al-Bireh Governorate called on ‘to maintain a state of alert, and constant and continuous vigilance, to thwart the malicious plans aimed at uprooting our people from their land, and to work with all channels of cooperation, coordination, and epic internal solidarity of our people.’
It also called, in a press statement, to “thwart the attempts of the colonialists aimed at terrorizing Palestinian villages and towns with the ugliest forms of terrorism and brutality.”
She urged “the necessity of activating the popular guard and protection committees, and burning tires at the entrances to villages and towns adjacent to the colonies.”
It called for “taking the necessary measures and procedures to provide villages and towns with the elements for survival and s
teadfastness, supporting farmers and marginalized popular groups, working on the largest campaigns at the international level, and taking immediate action to stop these crimes and aggressive acts against the Palestinian people.”
For its part, the Factional Coordination Committee in Nablus Governorate called on the people to confront the settlers and the Israeli occupation army.
The Factional Coordination Committee, in a statement that I reviewed together, called on ‘citizens, the masses of our people, and all the villages of the Nablus Governorate… to confront with all force the herds of settlers, and we will not allow them to impose a settlement reality on us, as happened yesterday in the villages of the Ramallah Governorate and the attack of the settler herds today.’ On our people in the village of Duma, who are now being subjected to a very large attack by herds of settlers and the Israeli occupation army.’
The factional coordination committee in Nablus called on ‘our Palestinian people in all their l
ocations, especially the villages south of Nablus, to stand united in confronting the attacks of settler militias.’
The committee appealed to “all villages, towns and population centers to support, support and provide a helping hand and assistance to the villages and towns that are exposed to ordeals and attacks by settler militias.”
She stressed, “the necessity of forming and activating guard committees in all Palestinian villages and towns, especially those that are constantly exposed to settler attacks, and the necessity of supporting these committees at the official and popular levels.”
The Coordination Committee called on ‘all village and municipal councils, National Action factions, and all popular committees in the villages of Nablus Governorate to declare a state of emergency and a general mobilization to confront and confront the herds of settlers, defend the people, and protect citizens and their property from the brutality, orgy, and attacks of the settlers.’
For his part, the Governor of Nablu
s called on the people of villages and towns in the governorate to activate the popular guard committees in light of the escalation of settler attacks.
In the same context, the Hamas movement said that “the frenzied attacks of settler militias under the supervision of the fascist settler government are a described war crime.”
Hamas added, “Settler attacks require the leadership of the Authority and the security services in the West Bank to be on alert and exercise their role to protect our people.”
The Islamic Jihad movement said: ‘The attacks of armed settlers on our people reflect the entity’s efforts to plunge the West Bank into a street war.’
The movement added that these “attacks reflect the gang mentality that the entity grew up with.”
The Jihad movement stressed that “the resistance forces will carry out their duty to defend our people with all the means and tools they possess.”
Youth activists, via social media, launched calls to confront settlers, prevent them from attacking homes and property,
and form guard committees to stand up to them.
Many Palestinian towns and villages were subjected to attacks carried out by settlers, including: the villages of Al-Sawiya and Duma, south of Nablus, Al-Mughayir, Abu Falah, Deir Dibwan, and Turmus Ayya, east of Ramallah.
Source: Maan News Agency