Violent attacks by settlers on Palestinians and their property, mosques and farmland had increased by 150% over the past year.

"... All settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem are illegal under international law. US state department spokesman, Patrick Ventrell, said recently: "We do not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlement activity and we oppose any effort to legalise settlement outposts."

The Palestinian prime minister, Salam Fayyad, said on Thursday that violent attacks by settlers on Palestinians and their property, mosques and farmland had increased by 150% over the past year." 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jul/26/jewish-population-west-bank-up

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