United Nations: The forced displacement of the Palestinians in the West Bank is a war crime – the seventh day

The United Nations Organization considered that the forced displacement of the Palestinians in the West Bank amounts to the level of war crimes. For its part, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Volcker Turk Israel called for an end to these measures.

During the period between November 2023 and the end of last October, decisions were taken to build 20,000 new settlement housing units in East Jerusalem alone, according to Israeli non -governmental organizations transferred to the UN agency, and more than 210 Palestinian houses were destroyed in the same area.

The United Nations added that 49 additional settlements were established in the rest of the West Bank, and it is expected to establish more than 10,000 housing units. Since the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, where tens of thousands of people from the displacement camps in the northern West Bank had to flee in recent weeks, pointing out that more than 4,500 people have already fell victim to forced displacement during the period covered by the report in the same area.
The United Nations Office for Human Rights also stated that Israel has expanded and enhanced its settlements in the occupied West Bank in the context of its steady integration of these lands in the State of Israel, in a violation of international law.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volcker Turk, said, “The transfer of Israel to some of its civilian residents to its lands is a war crime,” and urged the international community to take effective measures regarding Israel’s settlement actions.

He added: “Israel must immediately and completely stop all settlement activities, to evacuate all settlers, and to stop forced transportation of the Palestinian population, and prevent and punish the attacks of its security forces and its settlers.”

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