The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention has issued an “active genocide alert” over the situation for Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
“Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians across Palestine,” the Lemkin Institute said earlier this month.
Last weekend, violence against Palestinians escalated sharply as large groups of Israeli settler mobs launched attacks on at least 17 Palestinian villages following the disappearance of an Israeli teenager.
Settlers killed thousands of chickens and dozens of sheep, and stole others. They blocked entrances to villages, set Palestinian homes on fire, burned hundreds of olive trees, injured dozens of Palestinians with live ammunition and destroyed private Palestinian property, including cars and livestock pens.
Settlers were often accompanied and protected by the Israeli military…..more
