The Israeli authorities are directly involved in violent attacks by settlers in the West Bank that have killed, injured and displaced Palestinians, said a report released by the Untied Nations (UN) on Tuesday.
The Israeli government's judicial and law enforcement agencies not only failed to punish settlers who carried out violent attacks, but also provided them with financial and military support for their acts of violence, according to the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel.
The report warned that settler attacks continue to rise in the West Bank, with at least seven Palestinians killed and 832 injured last year, a 130 percent increase over 2024.
It found that the Israeli authorities are directly involved in settler attacks through financial and military support and by granting impunity from prosecution.
Israeli authorities shield settlers' attacks on Palestinians: UN report
China’s automobile production and sales rose month on month in May, with exports surging 68.7 percent from a year earlier, industry data showed Wednesday.
During the period, automobile production and sales reached 2.616 million units and 2.629 million units respectively, up 1.6 percent and 4.1 percent month on month, while down 1.2 percent and 2.1 percent year on year, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM).
The country's automobile exports continued to see robust growth in May, with monthly exports reaching 930,000 units, up 68.7 percent year on year, including 446,000 new energy vehicles (NEVs), which more than doubled from a year earlier. The export volume maintained above 900,000 units for two consecutive months, data showed.
The NEV output rose 22.4 percent year on year to 1.554 million units, while sales increased 14.4 percent to 1.496 million units, according to the data.
NEVs accounted for 56.9 percent of total new car sales in May, further climbing from the previous month.
In the first five months, vehicle exports reached 4.059 million units, up 63 percent year on year. NEV exports reached 1.833 million units, accounting for 45 percent of total automobile exports.
China's auto exports surge 68.7 pct in May as output, sales rise
