Amnesty International has accused Israel of ethnic cleansing as part of a “brutal campaign to forcibly displace Palestinians and expand its control over land in the West Bank.” Amnesty described the campaign as state-led and not just driven by rogue settlers. Amnesty is calling on nations to halt trade, cooperation and investment relations that enable what it describes as Israel’s “unlawful occupation, apartheid and ethnic cleansing.”

The Amnesty report was released on Wednesday, one day after Israeli settlers attacked the historic Christian village of Taybeh in the West Bank. Settlers set fire to parts of the village and then attempted to block Palestinians from putting out the blazes. This is Father Bashar Fawadleh, the parish priest of Taybeh.

Father Bashar Fawadleh: “They forbidden us to arrive to the fire, to turn it off. … I arrived there. I wanted to make something very special for our people, to protect them, but we — shooting three times. We arrived to the area. There is attacks by the settlers, and they also attacked our people. They stolen the phones, and they attacked also the cars.”