UN rights chief warns Israeli land-control moves in West Bank amount to unlawful annexation

NEW YORK CITY: The UN’s high commissioner for human rights, Volker Turk, on Wednesday condemned recent decisions by Israel’s Security Cabinet to expand the expropriation of land in the occupied West Bank. He described the moves as a step toward unlawful annexation, and a violation of the right of Palestinians to self-determination. The measures, approved on Sunday, expand Israeli civilian authority in parts of the West Bank, known as “Areas A and B” under the Oslo Accords, in which certain powers are currently exercised by the Palestinian Authority.

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