A senior Palestinian official on Monday held the Israeli government fully responsible for the ongoing attacks of the Jewish settlers against the Palestinians in the West Bank.

Tayseer Khaled, a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) executive committee, told Xinhua that the PLO condemns the recent settlers' attacks on Monday during which eight Palestinians were wounded.

"What happened on Monday in the village of Qasrra near Nablus is not far away from the atmosphere that the Israeli government is encouraging and its silence towards the acts of the settlers," said Khaled.

He accused the Israeli government of not respecting the human rights of the Palestinians while softly dealing with the settlers and their crimes.

Eight Palestinians earlier on Monday were shot and wounded by the Jewish settlers' gunfire after a group of armed settlers attacked the village of Qasrra near Nablus.

In the West Bank, there are half a million settlers living in 120 settlements since 1967, while there are 2 million Palestinians living in the West Bank under the Israeli occupation.