West Bank at breaking point as Israel advances ‘de facto annexation,’ UN warns

NEW YORK CITY: The West Bank is nearing collapse and Israel is advancing a “de facto annexation” of the territory through the acceleration of settlement construction, mass displacements and record levels of settler violence, senior UN officials told the Security Council on Tuesday. Ramiz Alakbarov, the UN’s deputy special coordinator for the Middle East peace process, said the crisis engulfing the occupied territory was being overshadowed by other events in the region even as it reaches a tipping point after decades of unresolved conflict.

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