UN: Displacement of 36,000 Palestinians in the West Bank over a year constitutes forced eviction

GENEVA, March 17 (YPA)  –  The United Nations has confirmed that the displacement of more than 36,000 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank in a single year constitutes forced displacement.

A report by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights stated that the displacement of more than 36,000 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank (over a 12-month period) represents an unprecedented scale of forced displacement and indicates a coordinated Israeli policy of mass forced transfer throughout the occupied territory, aimed at permanent displacement, raising concerns of ethnic cleansing.

The report called on Israel to immediately halt settlement expansion in the West Bank.

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