GENEVA: The UN on Tuesday urged Israel to immediately halt its dramatic settlement expansion in the West Bank, raising concerns of “ethnic cleansing” with over 36,000 Palestinians displaced in a single year. A fresh report from the United Nations rights office, looking at the 12 months up to October 31, 2025, warned that Israel’s accelerating expansion of unlawful settlements and annexation of large parts of the West Bank was driving “unprecedented” displacement.

GENEVA: The UN on Tuesday urged Israel to immediately halt its dramatic settlement expansion in the West Bank, raising concerns of “ethnic cleansing” with over 36,000 Palestinians…

The U.N. rights office raised concerns Tuesday about possible “ethnic cleansing” as Israel accelerated settlement expansion across the occupied West...