The Palestinian Foreign Ministry says the international failure to halt the ongoing genocide in Gaza is fuelling widespread settler crimes across the occupied West Bank.

The statement, posted on X, comes after reports of settler attacks in the city of el-Bireh, where settlers burned several Palestinians’ vehicles.

“This assault is viewed as an extension of widespread settler crimes across the West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem, and as a replication of the genocide and forced displacement campaign endured by the Palestinian people in Gaza, which has persisted unabated for 395 days,” it said.

While several foreign states have issued individual sanctions, the ministry said settlers “would not have committed such heinous crimes without the protection and immunity granted by the Israeli political leadership”.

It called on the international community to take more comprehensive measures to “hold all entities responsible for promoting or engaging in settler terrorism and systematic land annexation against the Palestinian people”.