UN, Palestinians Condemn Settler Siege of West Bank Homes As 'Criminal'

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights said the settlers' actions, "supported or acquiesced to by Israel, the Occupying Power, are making life unbearable for the families and are aimed at forcing them to leave their homes and land. The three families, comprising 15 people including two children, have been confined to their homes with water and power cut off since Sunday. "Time is running out for these three families before they are forcibly displaced, the agency warned. The Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemned the settlers for carrying out "systematic assaults that can only be described as terroristic, accusing Israel of using settlers as an "unchecked tool to implement its criminal policies of forced displacement and annexation.