West Bank suffering its largest displacement crisis since 1967, UN Security Council told
NEW YORK CITY: The West Bank is experiencing its largest displacement crisis since 1967, the UN Security Council heard on Monday.
It came as officials and humanitarian agencies warned of an entrenched and unlawful Israeli occupation, while the US accused the world body of ignoring atrocities committed by Hamas against Palestinians in Gaza.
Ramiz Alakbarov, the deputy special coordinator for the Middle East peace process, told the council that settler violence, access restrictions, demolitions and prolonged security operations had combined to produce the worst wave of Palestinian displacement in the West Bank for nearly six decades.
He cited continuing Israeli military activity in Jenin and Tulkarm, including the establishment of an army post in the former, as especially troubling given that these areas fall under the civil and security control of the Palestinian Authority.
