Global impunity fuels Israel's illegal push to annex West Bank: Amnesty

"The unconditional support of the USA government, combined with the pervasive lack of international accountability for Israel's genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, decades of crimes under international law linked to its unlawful occupation and its system of apartheid, has further emboldened Israel to escalate its illegal actions."

"The formalization of land grabs, the expansion of illegal settlements and state-backed settler violence in the territory are a direct indictment of the international community's catastrophic failure to take decisive action. Countries have refused to use the tools at their disposal, such as suspension of the European Union-Israel Association Agreement, to deter Israel from its action."

"The international community's lack of action in taking punitive action against Israel over its pervasive breaches of international law in the occupied West Bank has contributed to making the annexation of Palestinian territory an irreversible reality."

Amnesty International states that the international community's failure to impose punitive measures against Israel has made Palestinian territory annexation irreversible. The group attributes this to unconditional U.S. support and lack of accountability for Israel's actions in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. Despite decades of violations of international law, including illegal settlements and apartheid systems, countries have refused to use available tools like suspending the EU-Israel Association Agreement. The West Bank has been under Israeli occupation since 1967, with hundreds of illegal settlements fragmenting Palestinian territory. This inaction has emboldened the Netanyahu government to accelerate land grabs, settlement expansion, and settler violence.

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