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UN High Commissioner Volker Türk: Israel's Settlement Construction in the West Bank Condemned as a War Crime
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has sharply criticized Israel for accelerating settlement activity in the occupied Palestinian territories and described it as a war crime. A recent report by his office documents numerous violations of international law by Israel. “The transfer of parts of its civilian population into the territory occupied by Israel is tantamount to a war crime,” explained Türk.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, accuses Israel of war crimes by accelerating the settlement of the occupied Palestinian territories. / Picture: © UN Geneva / UN photo by Violaine Martin / Flickr Attribution (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 GENERIC DEED, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/)
The Austrian-born lawyer has been the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights since October 2022 and in this role has repeatedly advocated for compliance with international law and the protection of human rights worldwide. With his latest statement, he joins a long list of critics of Israel's settlement policy, including numerous governments and international…
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