Amman, June 17 (Petra) -- The Ministry of Foreign and Expatriate Affairs condemned on Wednesday the escalation of Israeli settler terrorism against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, following arson attacks on two mosques north of Ramallah.

The attacks targeted the Great Mosque in the village of Jiljilya and the Al-Farouq Mosque in the village of Mazari al-Nubani.

Ministry spokesperson Fouad Al-Majali stated that the kingdom rejects these assaults, describing them as an extension of the extremist policies of the Israeli government. The actions coincide with ongoing illegal Israeli measures in the occupied West Bank and inflammatory statements by officials that fuel extremism, promote violence against the Palestinian people, and undermine the prospects of achieving peace based on a two-state solution. He added that Israel, as the occupying power, bears full responsibility for these attacks.

Al-Majali called on the international community to assume its legal and moral responsibilities to compel Israel to halt its dangerous escalation and curb settler violence. He urged international bodies to hold perpetrators accountable, ensure they do not escape punishment, and fulfill the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people to establish an independent, sovereign state along the pre-June 4, 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital, calling it the only path to a comprehensive and lasting regional peace.

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