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UN reports highlight Israeli infringement of Palestinians` rights
United Nations, November 08, SPA -- Secretary-General of the United
Nations Ban Ki-moon has spotlighted in two new reports to the General
Assembly how Israeli practices impinge upon the rights of
Palestinians through the continued building of Israeli settlements in
the occupied Palestinian territory and its other practices.
In one publication, Ban stressed that United Nations' resolutions
and a 2004 Advisory to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) both
reflect how Israel’s construction of settlements – “in effect, the
transfer by an occupying Power of parts of its own civilian
population into the territory it occupies” – breach the Fourth Geneva
Convention.
Other activities, such as land requisition and the destruction of
houses and orchards, are also “illegal,” he writes.
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Nations Ban Ki-moon has spotlighted in two new reports to the General
Assembly how Israeli practices impinge upon the rights of
Palestinians through the continued building of Israeli settlements in
the occupied Palestinian territory and its other practices.
In one publication, Ban stressed that United Nations' resolutions
and a 2004 Advisory to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) both
reflect how Israel’s construction of settlements – “in effect, the
transfer by an occupying Power of parts of its own civilian
population into the territory it occupies” – breach the Fourth Geneva
Convention.
Other activities, such as land requisition and the destruction of
houses and orchards, are also “illegal,” he writes.
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