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Israel Conducting 'Gradual De Facto Annexation' of w.bank: Un Official
UN warns Israel’s new West Bank measures risk de facto annexation and settlement expansion by easing land purchases and permits, increasing control in Palestinian-administered areas.
- On Wednesday, UN Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo warned that steps by Israel to tighten control amount to `gradual de facto annexation`, as Israel approved initiatives since last week to consolidate control over the occupied West Bank.
- Under the Oslo Accords the West Bank was divided into areas A, B and C under Palestinian, mixed and Israeli governance; many on Israel's religious right view the West Bank as Israeli land.
- If implemented, these measures would expand Israeli civil authority and remove bureaucratic barriers, easing land purchases and building permits to enable settlement growth, including in Hebron.
- The UN missions for 85 member states issued a joint statement on Tuesday condemning Israel's encroaching control of the West Bank, while the UN will be unrepresented at Wednesday's 'Board of Peace' meeting.
- Amid rising economic pressure on Palestinians, the US 'board' has since morphed into resolving broader conflicts, raising concerns it may rival the UN, while the Palestinian economy faces 'strangulation', including withheld PA tax revenues.
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Israel conducting ’gradual de facto annexation’ of W. Bank: UN
A top UN official warned on Wednesday that steps by Israel to tighten control of areas of the West Bank administered by the Palestinian Authority amount to "gradual de facto annexation". Since last week, Israel has approved a series of initiatives backed by far-right ministers to consolidate control over the occupied West Bank where the Palestinians exercise limited autonomy under past deals. "We are witnessing the gradual de facto annexation of…
United Nations, United States. A senior UN official warned Wednesday that Israel’s measures to strengthen control over areas of the West Bank administered by the Palestinian Authority amount to a “de facto gradual annexation.” The Israeli government has approved a plan to facilitate its control of lands administered by the Palestinian Authority under the Oslo Accords. On Sunday, the same happened with a process to register lands in the West Bank…
Israel conducting 'gradual de facto annexation' of West Bank, UN official says
Ahead of UN Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo's remarks, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said 'amazingly so many countries say the Jewish presence in our ancient homeland violates international law.' The UN missions for 85 member states issued a joint statement condemning Israel's encroaching control of the West Bank.
The United Nations has accused Israel of de facto and creepingly annexing the West Bank with a number of measures. "We are witnessing the gradual de-facto annexation of the West Bank by unilateral steps by Israel's steadily changing the landscape," said UN High Representative Rosemary DiCarlo on Wednesday at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council in New York on the Palestinian issue.If the Israeli measures are implemented, this would c…
The recent measures of the Hebrew State for the West Bank raise the worst concerns of the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General.
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