"The Israeli security cabinet approved on Sunday measures that would make it easier for Israelis to seize Palestinian land and directly buy property in the occupied West Bank, while expanding Israel's military control there. Israel captured the West Bank and East Jerusalem in 1967 and has been building settlements there in violation of international law, which prohibits the occupying power from transferring parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies. Repeated UN resolutions have declared the Israeli occupation illegal."
"Palestine's envoy to the United Nations has called on the international community to stop Israel's recent moves to cement control over the occupied West Bank, which he said amounts to the annexation of the land of the Palestinian people. We hope and expect that the powerful partners [will] stop Israel in its track[s] from getting away with this very violation of international law and the will of the entire community of nations, Mansour said."
Israeli government measures approved by its security cabinet would ease seizure of Palestinian land, allow direct purchase of property, and expand military control across the occupied West Bank. Palestinians and representatives of Arab and Muslim-majority nations mobilize diplomatically and call on powerful partners to halt actions that amount to annexation and violate international law. Israel captured the West Bank and East Jerusalem in 1967 and has continued building settlements in breach of prohibitions on transferring civilian population into occupied territory. Repeated UN resolutions and a 2024 International Court of Justice ruling found the settlements and their associated regime unlawful.
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