UNHRC demands immediate halt to expansion of Israeli settlements, calls for reversal

The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) yesterday, in its second resolution regarding Palestine, demanded that all settlement activities in Occupied Palestinian Territory be ‘immediately’ stopped and reversed.

Whilst condemning Israel’s expansion of settlements and expropriation of Palestinian land, the resolution called on Israel,

“to reverse the settlement police in the occupied territories, including East Jerusalem and the Syrian Golan, and, as a first step towards the dismantlement, to stop immediately the expansion of existing settlements, including so-called natural growth and related activities, prevent any new installation of settlers in the occupied territories including East Jerusalem, and discard its E-1 plan.”
The resolution further condemned Israeli attempts to "change the physical character and demographic composition of occupied territories."

Expressing grave concern at the ongoing settlements the resolution further called for the international community ,

“To ensure that they are not taking actions that assist the expansion of settlements or construction of the wall in Occupied Palestinian territory.”
See resolution here.

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