‘New Israeli measures pave way for accelerated expansion of settlements in West Bank’
The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, Philippe Lazzarini, has said the measures “further undermine the future of Palestinians” in a post on X.
“It is a recipe for increased control, hopelessness and violence. These measures also mark a new blow against international law, setting dangerous precedents with global impacts,” Lazzarini said.
https://x.com/UNRWA/status/2021464333331390570
‘It appears like ethnic cleansing’ in the occupied West Bank: Former Israeli PM
Former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert has told Al Jazeera that he is against the new Israeli land rules easing illegal settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank.
“I am opposed to the policy … of the government and senior members of the cabinet, particularly the most important allies of the Israeli prime minister, the messianic group of thugs,” he said. “I’m against it and fighting against it. I think the majority of Israelis are against it and we are absolutely unhappy, to put it mildly.
“This is something which certainly shows an attempt to create an ethnic cleansing in West Bank with the purpose of cleaning the territories so that the eventual annexation will be easier and simpler.”
He said actions taken by some Israeli settlers were “violent, obnoxious”, adding that “the Israeli police and the Israeli army seem not to face it adequately in order to try and stop it.
“That means the government, the PM and the cabinet seem to be in line with this.”
