RAMALLAH, July 25, 2026 (WAFA) — The Speaker of the Arab Parliament, Mohammed Al-Yamahi, strongly condemned the dangerous escalation of violence carried out by terrorist settler militias, under the direct protection of the Israeli forces, against Palestinians and their property throughout the occupied West Bank.
In a press statement, Al-Yamahi said that this escalation has resulted in the killing and injury of several Palestinians, in addition to the burning of homes and property and attacks on Palestinian villages and towns, constituting a dangerous escalation that amounts to war crimes and crimes against humanity.
He emphasized that the organized terrorist attacks carried out by colonist militias in the West Bank, with the full support of the extremist occupation government, reveal a systematic policy aimed at terrorizing the Palestinian people, forcibly displacing them from their land, and imposing a colonial reality by force, in flagrant violation of international law, the Geneva Conventions, and resolutions of international legitimacy.
He stated that the continued killings and extrajudicial assassinations, and the escalating attacks by colonists on unarmed civilians and their property, reflect the occupation's determination to expand its aggression in the West Bank, in parallel with its crimes of genocide, starvation, and destruction in the Gaza Strip, in an attempt to impose new realities on the ground and undermine the chances of achieving a just and comprehensive peace.
The Speaker of the Arab Parliament called on the international community, the Security Council, the United Nations, and the International Criminal Court to take urgent action to provide international protection for the Palestinian people, put an end to colonial terrorism, hold the occupation leaders and settlers involved in these crimes accountable, impose deterrent sanctions on the occupation, and halt all forms of support that contribute to the continuation of its grave violations.
He also called for the inclusion of colonist militias and armed terrorist organizations on national and international terrorism lists, considering them groups that practice organized terrorism against Palestinian civilians, and for a ban on dealing with settlements and the suspension of any privileges or agreements with the occupying government until it fully complies with the provisions of international law and resolutions of international legitimacy.
He emphasized that the occupation's impunity has encouraged the escalation of its crimes, calling on the international community to take practical and binding measures to ensure a halt to the aggression, an end to the occupation, and the realization of the Palestinian people's legitimate rights, foremost among them the establishment of their independent and sovereign state with Jerusalem as its capital.
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