GENEVA: Outspoken UN rights expert Francesca Albanese reiterated Tuesday an allegation that Israel is committing “genocide” in Gaza, charging that the country is seeking the “eradication of Palestinians” from their land.
The independent expert on rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, who has long faced harsh Israeli criticism, said in a fresh report that “the genocide of the Palestinians appears to be the means to an end: the complete removal or eradication of Palestinians from the land so integral to their identity, and which is illegally and openly coveted by Israel.”
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UN expert says Israel ‘genocide’ seeks ‘eradication’ of Palestinians from their land
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UN expert says Israel ‘genocide’ seeks ‘eradication’ of Palestinians from their land
- UN rights expert Francesca Albanese: ‘Genocide of the Palestinians appears to be the means to an end’
- Independent expert on rights in the occupied Palestinian territories has long faced harsh Israeli criticism
Israeli settlements in West Bank growing at highest level since 2017: UN report
UNITED NATIONS: The expansion of Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank is at its highest level since at least 2017, when the United Nations began tracking such data, according to a report by the United Nations secretary-general seen by AFP on Friday.
In 2025, “plans for nearly 47,390 housing units were advanced, approved, or tendered, compared with some 26,170 in 2024,” the report said.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned what he called the “relentless” expansion in a statement accompanying the report, saying it “continues to fuel tensions, impede access by Palestinians to their land and threaten the viability of a fully independent, democratic, contiguous and sovereign Palestinian State.”
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