A wave of attacks by Israeli settlers has continued across the occupied West Bank, after four Palestinians and two Israelis were shot dead in a violent confrontation near Nablus on Friday.<\/p>\n
Both sides accused the other of provoking the violence.<\/p>\n
The confrontation has further inflamed the situation in the West Bank, which has seen growing violence by extremist settlers against Palestinians, encouraged by far-right elements in the current Israeli government.<\/p>\n
Israel’s prime minister has said he will speed up the establishment of new farm outposts in the West Bank, in response to the killings.<\/p>\n
Israel’s army says it “condemns nationalist violence” and is working to prevent “incidents of nationalist crime”, which is its term for attacks by extremist Israeli settlers.<\/p>\n
BBC Middle East Correspondent Lucy Williamson has spent the weekend in the Palestinian villages around Nablus.<\/p>\n