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Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories have expanded by

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a record amount. The Un Human Rights Office said

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on Friday, the scale of the expansion risks eliminating

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any practical possibility of a Palestinian state. According to

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human rights officials who filed a report, head of

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the Un human rights office in the occupied Palestinian territory

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, Ajit Sungai told Reuters that the policies of the

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Israeli government appeared to target expanding long term Israeli control

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over the West Bank including East Jerusalem. Israel that

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the transfer of population of an occupying power into occupied

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territory or the forcible transfer of the population within or

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from occupied territory or the annexation of territory by use

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of force are all strictly prohibited officials and others involved

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in such conduct risk, individual criminal liability. The

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report documented 24,300 new Israeli housing units in the occupied

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West Bank during a one year period to October 2023

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which it said was the highest since monitoring began in

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2017. It added that there had been a dramatic

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increase intensity severity and regularity of both Israeli settler and

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state violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank,

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particularly since the deadly Hamas attacks on Israel on October

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7th Israel which captured the West Bank in the 1967

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Middle East war claims a biblical birthright to the land

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where settlements are expanding. Its military says it is

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conducting counter terrorism operations in the West Bank and is

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targeting suspected militants. Israel's diplomatic mission in Geneva said

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that the report should have included the deaths of 36

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Israelis in 2023. It said in a statement that

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victims of Palestinian terrorism are ignored by the office of

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the High Commissioner. Time and time again. The

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five month old Gaza war has put a renewed focus

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on a two state solution to the Israeli Palestinian conflict

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as foreseen by the Oslo Accords from the early 1990

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s. But there has been little progress on achieving

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Palestinian statehood since then. With the expansion of settlements

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being one of the obstacles.