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PALESTINE urged the United Nations on Thursday to condemn Israel’s “racist” expansion of illegal settlements in the Occupied Territories.
The Palestinian Authority circulated a confidential draft security council resolution to Arab member states which it hopes will be put to a vote on April 22.
Spokesman Youssef al-Mahmoud denounced “the continuous Israeli settlement offensive” and daily raids and detentions by Israeli forces which “aim to displace our people.”
Police crackdowns on Israeli peace demonstrators combined with court rulings and settler organisations are designed to strip Palestinian families of their homes and land. The Israeli state has tried to silence both Israelis and Palestinians who resist, according to Zo HaDerekh (This Is The Way) the Communist Party of Israel’s Hebrew-language weekly
Labour's Emily Thornberry calls on PM to ban goods from Israel-held Palestinian territory
