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The UN on Friday warned of escalating displacement and violence in the occupied West Bank, citing high levels of illegal Israeli settler attacks and home demolitions, Anadolu reports. Citing the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), UN spokesperson Farhan Haq at a news conference said that “since the beginning of the year, more than 1,000 people have been displaced in Area C, which constitutes some 60% of the West Bank and where, just like in East Jerusalem, the Israeli authorities retained near exclusive control, including over law enforcement, planning and construction.” “Most of the people displaced had their homes demolished by Israeli authorities for lacking Israeli-issued building permits, which are nearly impossible for Palestinians to obtain,” he said, […]
