Australia denounces Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians in occupied West Bank

Government joins more than a dozen countries to say settlers are ‘terrorising’ Palestinians in ‘unacceptable’ violence

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The Australian government has warned that violent acts by Israeli settlers are “terrorising Palestinian communities” in the occupied West Bank, joining with western allies to denounce an “environment of near complete impunity”.

Two days after voting in favour of a UN general assembly resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, the Australian government has strengthened its objections to violence against Palestinians in the West Bank.

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