Palestinians face increased violence in ‘boiling’ West Bank: EU foreign policy chief

RAMALLAH: Violence against Palestinians has increased since Oct. 7, resulting in the West Bank "boiling," the EU foreign policy chief warned Sunday. Josep Borrell said at the Munich Security Conference in Germany that a comprehensive political solution for the Palestinians, which includes "not only Gaza, but also the West Bank," is needed. "Yes, we have to end the war in Gaza, but nobody has talked a lot about the West Bank," he said. "And the West Bank is the real obstacle for the two-state solution. The West Bank is boiling. The level of violence against the Palestinians has been increasing since the seventh of October," he added. "It was already very high before that, and if now the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has to stop supporting the Palestinian people in the West Bank, we could be on the eve of a greater explosion," Borrell stressed. He urged EU members to be more united in order to play a "geopolitical role" on the issue, as they have with Ukraine. "But here I see that there is a dispersion of approaches and many members states want to play their own game," he said. The US should be "more than on board," added. Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA