US Senate Intelligence Chair 'worried' about settler violence

A top US senator said he is worried about “alarming incidents of violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians” as attacks in the occupied West Bank skyrocket.

“I’m pushing for action from the Biden admin to enhance diplomatic efforts in the West Bank,” Democratic Senator Mark Warner, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, wrote on social media platform X.

A spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights warned earlier this month about the escalating violence in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, saying that Israeli soldiers and settlers have committed human rights violations and war crimes against Palestinians.