Israeli attacks in West Bank at 'unprecedented' level, PNI leader Barghouti says

In an interview with FRANCE 24, the secretary general of the Palestinian National Initiative (PNI) party Mustafa Barghouti said the level of Israeli attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank had become "totally unprecedented". With tensions escalating, activists accuse settlers of operating with total impunity. "Their goal is clear: it is ethnic cleansing," Barghouti stated, calling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's reaction to the attacks hypocritical. Speaking to FRANCE 24 from Ramallah, Barghouti said the settlers' attacks in the occupied West Bank are "becoming usual", but have "reached a point which is totally unprecedented". Incidents in the West Bank have been on the rise lately, with Israeli forces demolishing Palestinian homes and even trying to set fire to a mosque in the northern West Bank. "The settlers are attacking houses, burning houses, burning mosques, burning cars and shooting people", Barghouti warned. "Their goal is clear: it is ethnic cleansing [...] And we, the Palestinians in the occupied territories who are under Israeli occupation, feel completely unprotected and without any kind of ability to guarantee our safety." The secretary general of the Pal...