UN rights office calls for end to Israel's ‘illegal presence’ in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

Israel is rapidly advancing land grabbing and its own settlement projects in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.

UN rights office calls for end to Israel's ‘illegal presence’ in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

Amid reports of escalating settler violence in the West Bank, the UN rights office, OHCHR, briefed the Palestinian rights committee at UN Headquarters in New York, which also featured a screening of the Oscar winning documentary No Other Land.

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Amid reports of escalating settler violence in the West Bank, the UN rights office, OHCHR, briefed the Palestinian rights committee at UN Headquarters in New York, which also featured a screening of the Oscar winning documentary No Other Land. Source UN News The post UN rights office calls for end to Israel’s ‘illegal presence’ in the Occupied Palestinian Territory appeared first on Africa Global Village.

The Human Rights Council of the United Nations (UN) adopted two resolutions reaffirming the illegality of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories and supporting the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination. Mexico and 42 other countries voted in favour. The resolutions also dictate that Israeli settlements in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, are contrary to international law and must end. And it demands the identif…

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The Palestinian co-director of the documentary, Basel Adra, delivered remarks to the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. Ambassador Riyad Mansour of the Observer State of Palestine and Israeli Human Rights lawyer Netta Amar Schiff – who joined via videolink – also took part. No Other Land, directed by […]