Countries must impose “deterrent international sanctions” against Israel for its “colonial settlement system” in the occupied West Bank, Al Jazeera reports citing Palestine’s Foreign Ministry.

The international community has been “consistently warned” about the dangers of “escalating settler attacks against Palestinian citizens”, a statement said.

“While [the Palestinian Authority] holds the Israeli government fully and directly responsible for these attacks, it also holds the international community accountable for its failure to stop them and compel the occupying state and its forces to dismantle these militias and remove their protection,” it added.

The ministry “strongly condemns the policy of imposing collective punishment” on the Palestinian people and hindering the movement of its citizens, as well as allowing Israeli settlers to “consistently violate Palestinian rights”.