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BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- A taxi driver says his car was attacked by Israeli settlers on Thursday evening near his home south of Bethlehem.

Izzat Shakarneh told Ma'an he was driving to Nahhalin village when settlers pelted his car with stones, causing damaging to the vehicle and its windscreen.

Shakarneh said he has complained to Israeli police about previous attacks but that no action was taken.

The Israeli human rights organization Yesh Din says Israeli civilians commit acts of violence against Palestinians in the West Bank "on a daily basis."

The attacks are not isolated incident, but "part of a sophisticated, wider strategy designed to assert territorial domination over Palestinians in the West Bank," Yesh Din says.

Meanwhile, Israeli forces neglect their obligation under international law to protect residents of its occupied territories, according to the rights group.

"The IDF (Israeli army) and police are neither prepared nor willing to provide the necessary protection to Palestinians attacked by violent settlers," the organization says.

"Law enforcement agencies display repeated failure to conduct proper investigations of these incidents. When convictions are made, Israeli citizens involved in such violent acts are handed light sentences."