The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates urged the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to reassume its mission of implementing the international resolutions, including UNSC Resolution 2334 on Israeli settlements.

"The spike in Israeli settler violence witnessed over the last week not only aims at terrorizing the defenseless Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, but also aims at more theft of Palestinian land for the benefit of the colonial Israeli settlement outposts," said the Ministry in its statement.

Moreover, it added that by targeting the Palestinian area, settlers and settler organizations were pushing forwards to achieve a greater settlement bloc.
 
"Such actions will prevent any possibility of creating a viable, geographically contiguous Palestinian state," it underscored.

The Ministry pointed out that the settlers' attacks aim to achieve and impose a gradual and effective annexation of all areas classified as Area C and finally Israelize them.

It also held the Israeli government and the US administration responsible for the spike in Israeli settler violence, saying it would prevent any chance of achieving peace based on a two-state solution.