UN rapporteur warns of Israel’s ‘criminal’ practices in West Bank

The UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese, warned on Sunday of the Israeli practices in the West Bank, which she described as “criminal”, the Palestinian news agency Wafa has reported. Albanese added that the “genocidal intent is evident in the way Israel targets the totality of the Palestinians.”

Wafa quoted the UN official as calling on the international community to intervene and halt the ongoing destruction, which she stated has expanded to encompass all occupied territories, not just Gaza. “It’s past the time to intervene to stop it,” she said.

Albanese also stated that she warned the UN General Assembly of this happening in her last report in October last year.

The Palestinian presidency had previously called for an urgent emergency session of the UN Security Council to force the Israeli occupation to stop its ongoing aggression against the Palestinian people in the West Bank. The occupation state’s attacks on the Jenin Governorate in the West Bank for the past 13 days alone have killed 25 Palestinians and wounded dozens of others.

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