{"id":181574,"date":"2014-10-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T21:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=181574"},"modified":"2019-03-11T21:13:06","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T21:13:06","slug":"auto-insert-181574","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-181574\/","title":{"rendered":"Five-year-old Palestinian girl killed in Israeli settler’s hit and run accident – Letter from Palestine;"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Identical letters dated 20 October 2014 from the Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the Â鶹APP addressed to the Secretary-General, the President of the General Assembly and the President of the Security Council<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Pursuant to <\/span>my letter of 14 October 2014<\/a>, I am compelled to place on record our absolute condemnation of the criminal, deadly actions being perpetrated by extremist terrorist settlers illegally transferred by Israel, the occupying Power, to the Palestinian land, as well as continued Israeli incitement and provocations against holy sites, in particular in East Jerusalem, in what appear to be deliberate attempts to exacerbate already volatile tensions and create further instability.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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On a nearly daily basis, Israeli settlers continue with their terror rampages, persisting with attacks on Palestinian civilians, destruction of properties, and theft of land and natural resources. The latest terrorist crime by a settler occurred yesterday, 20 October 2014, when a settler ran over two young girls who were walking home from school in the West Bank town of Sinjil in a so-called "hit and run" accident. Kindergarten student Inas Khalil, age 5, and Nilin Asfour, age 8, had just gotten off the school bus and were walking to their mothers, who were waiting for them on the opposite side of the street, when an Israeli settler's car rammed directly into them and sped away. Inas and Nilin were both rushed to the hospital. Tragically, 5-year-old Inas was pronounced dead a couple of hours later, while Nilin still remains in critical condition. We condemn this brutal act of Israeli settler terrorism, and we call on the international community to unequivocally condemn this and all other such attacks and terror against Palestinian children under Israeli occupation.<\/p><\/div>\n

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It should also be mentioned that this so-called "hit and run" accident has become a recurring deadly practice by Israeli settlers against the Palestinian civilian population. In this regard, we draw your attention to the following similar incidents of so-called "hit and run" acts in just the past few months: on 25 September, a 10-year-old girl was hit by an Israeli settler in Silwan; on 17 August, a Palestinian man was killed after being hit by the car of an Israeli settler in Occupied East Jerusalem;on 14 August, a Palestinian man was hit by the car of an Israeli settler; and on 7 August, a settler hit and ran over an 8-year-old Palestinian girl in the southern West Bank.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Moreover, the following are among the many violent acts committed by extremist Israeli settlers in the recent period, which coincides with the Palestinian olive harvest season:<\/p><\/div>\n