The expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem is a major human rights concern, as it often leads to the displacement of Palestinian residents and restricts their access to land and resources.

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The expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem is a major human rights concern, as it often leads to the displacement of Palestinian residents and restricts their access to land and resources.

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The ongoing expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem represents a significant and escalating challenge to regional stability and peace, profoundly affecting Palestinian rights to land, housing, and natural resources, and contributing to heightened tensions and conflicts in the area.

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Israel’s settlement policy also violates a special category of obligations entitled peremptory norms of international law (jus cogens) from which no derogation is permitted
Violations of the right to life: Israeli soldiers, police and security guards have unlawfully killed and injured many Palestinian civilians in the OPT, including during protests against the confiscation of land and the construction of settlements. UN agencies and fact-finding missions have also expressed concern about violence perpetrated by a minority of Israeli settlers aimed at intimidating Palestinian populations.
From 2012 to 2022, the population of Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, had grown from 520,000 to over 700,000. These settlers lived illegally in 279 Israeli settlements across the occupied West Bank, including 14 settlements in the occupied East Jerusalem, with a total population of more than 229,000 people. At least 147 of these settlements were outposts, illegal even under Israeli domestic law

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The growth of Israeli settlements often results in the forced displacement of Palestinian families, leading to loss of homes and community disruption.

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Palestinian human rights and legal challenge

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The growth of Israeli settlements often results in the forced displacement of Palestinian families, leading to loss of homes and community disruption.

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Israel’s settlement policy also violates a special category of obligations entitled peremptory norms of international law (jus cogens) from which no derogation is permitted

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The ongoing expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem represents a significant and escalating challenge to regional stability and peace, profoundly affecting Palestinian rights to land, housing, and natural resources, and contributing to heightened tensions and conflicts in the area.

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