Ramallah: In the West Bank, the United Nations is in charge of efforts to defuse the situation in Nablus and Genin. In a statement on Sunday, Tor Weinsland, the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, tweeted.

Weinsland claimed that on 15 October in Nablus and Jenin, he had fruitful discussions with influential people about the deteriorating security situation, ways to promote peace, and ways to advance a political solution.

He stressed the need to calm down and focus on making real, long-term changes to the situation.

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Violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinian citizens in the occupied West Bank has increased significantly over the past week, which has alarmed the Palestinian Foreign Ministry.

According to the report, the violence was particularly intense, with civilians being fired upon, cars being vandalized and roads leading to the Palestinians blocked.

In addition to burning houses and shops, settlers harass farmers, chase olive pickers, ban them, steal their produce and cut down their trees. They also attack public buildings and facilities.

Many Palestinian families limit themselves to Saturdays or Jewish holidays in the hope that they can harvest their olives without settlers in their fields, for fear that they will be attacked while picking their crops near the settlements.

The Israeli Defense Force launched attacks on Palestinians as well as gruesome attacks against Nablus, Jenin and Shufaat refugee camps in East Jerusalem.

Arab News reported that according to Palestinian Authority spokesman Ibrahim Melheim, the settlers in the West Bank were forming a second army under the protection of the IDF.

Increasing attacks on Palestinians by extremist settlers have worried Israeli security and military officials, who claim it undermines their efforts to stop Palestinian attacks on Israeli targets.

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For the 164 alleged attackers and their relatives in the Nablus region, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz revoked their visas to enter Israel.

Last year more than 2,500 relatives of the attackers were denied entry into Israel by Israeli military officials.

In a related development, the family of Omar Abdel Majid Assad, a senior Palestinian American citizen killed by the IDF in January 2022, rejected an Israeli offer of $141,000 in monetary compensation in exchange for leaving his case before Israel and the US. Courts.

Assad, 80, a United States citizen, died on January 12 after being arrested, handcuffed and abused by IDF soldiers. His hometown was Jaljaliya, which is north of Ramallah.

His brother, Nawaf Asad, claimed that the family had refused any monetary compensation in exchange for giving up their right to hold the perpetrators accountable.

Nawaf insisted that he directed the family's lawyer to follow the law and continue the legal proceedings till justice is done.

"We will not drop the matter for any reason whatsoever," he said.

According to Nawaf, "Money cannot compensate for the passing of my brother Umar. His children and wife miss him and his grandchildren keep calling and asking where he is.

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"I respect the family's decision to prosecute the killers and bring them to justice because of their awareness and certainty that the absence of trial means that an elderly person like their father will be killed by the Israeli military in the future." Melheim said in an interview with Arab News.

"Repetition of a crime against one of our men" was his last statement.

While this was underway, Telegram rejected Israel's request to block the account of the armed Palestinian resistance group Erin al-Ossud, claiming it would be a violation of free speech.

US company Meta, which owns the Facebook and Instagram platforms, received the disapproval despite the Palestinian military group shutting down accounts on two of its networks in response to an Israeli request.

According to a senior Israeli source, these accounts "pose a real and immediate threat because they allow extremists to plan, recruit and encourage terrorism."

Israel requested that TikTok shut down the Erin al-Osud account on October 15; However, the organization later denied having any account on the video-sharing platform.

According to Palestinians, social media platforms are actively obscuring and supporting information about Palestine while being in favor of Israel.

After attacks against Israeli forces and settlers in Nablus in the northern West Bank, Erin al-Ossud came to the attention of the Israeli security establishment.