Amman  - The Jordanian government Saturday condemned what it called a series of "aggressions" on Palestinian civilians by Jewish settlers in the West Bank city of Hebron, and urged the Israeli authorities to stop such "provocative" acts.

Tel Aviv - Israeli police were on high alert Friday after settlers vowed revenge for the forced evacuation of dozens of radical Jews from a disputed house in the southern West Bank city of Hebron.

Jewish settlers in the divided city plastered pamphlets on walls, calling for a "week of revenge" against Thursday's eviction by Israel's security forces, which was carried out violently and left at least 25 police and settlers injured, Israeli media reported.

Hebron's settlers, meanwhile, vowed to continue their method of "wearing out" the Israeli authorities and security forces by returning again and again to a number of buildings in the city from which they have been evacuated in the past.

Amman - The Jordanian government Thursday strongly condemned as a "violation" of international law Israel's allowing 70 ultranationalist Jews to enter the yard of al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem, which Israel captured from Jordan in the 1967 Six-Day War.

"The Jordanian government strongly condemns the Israeli police's permission of 70 ultranationalist Jews to enter the Islamic shrine under their protection, and consider it a provocation for Muslim feelings," Minister of State for Information Affairs and Communication Nasser Judeh said.

"Jordan considers Israel, as an occupation power, directly responsible for such violations of international law and their dangerous repercussions."

Ramallah  - The Palestinian Authority (PA) warned Thursday that clashes by Israeli settlers in Hebron and other West Bank areas could end the peace process.

Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, condemned in a statement the settlers' attacks against Palestinian civilians in the southern West Bank city of Hebron.

He held the Israeli government as "directly responsible for this serious escalation," demanding an immediate end to the attacks.

Geneva  - Israel came under intense criticism Thursday, mostly by Arab and Muslims states, during a periodic country review at the United Nations' Human Rights Council.

Much of the focus was placed on Israel's activities in the Palestinian territories, including the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, the state of thousands of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, as well as the presence of a security barrier and checkpoints in the West Bank.

The Palestinian representative called on Israel to "end its occupation of the occupied Palestinian territories and respect the rights of the people there."

Tel Aviv  - Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni late Wednesday slammed the scores of radical Jewish settlers who have been rioting in the southern West Bank city of Hebron over the past few days, clashing with Israeli police and soldiers.

"This phenomenon must stop," she said, adding Israel would not allow settlers to turn areas in Jewish settlements in the West Bank into "Wild West areas."