UK urged to intervene to protect Palestinian citizens of Israel

The chairman of the High Follow-up Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel has called on the UK to intervene in Israel to protect Palestinian citizens, as violence continues to the flare up across the country between Jewish and Arab communities.

In a letter addressed to UK Ambassador to Israel Desmond Patrick Neil Wigan, Mohammed Barakeh, who is also former leader of the left-wing Hadash party, said the international community needed to "intervene immediately to protect the safety and human rights of our community".

"In recent days, Palestinian citizens of Israel (PCI) have been victims of intense violence at the hands of the Israeli police and extreme right-wing Israeli citizens, vigilante groups, including settlers," he wrote in the letter, shared with Middle East Eye.