The Independent International Investigation Committee of the UN, which is concerned with the occupied Palestinian territory, refuted the Israeli representative’s allegations that any of its members were anti-Semites and reiterated that the subject of its report is the occupation. The committee’s chairman, Navi Billay, told reporters in New York after delivering the committee’s findings to the General Assembly that “the policies and actions of the Israeli administrations said.
It may rise to the level of international crimes, “noting that” these crimes include “direct or indirect transportation, for part of the (Israeli) civilian population to the occupied territories, and the crime against humanity represented in deportation and forced displacement (for the Palestinians). ”
“We also discovered that some of Israel’s policies and its activities in the West Bank have a cosmetic goal that seeks to alleviate the so-called security problems,” she continued.
And that security is often used as an argument by Israel to justify the regional expansion,” noting that “the committee reached a result that the Israeli occupation Due to its sustainability and Israel’s annexation policies, the Palestinian territory is considered unlawful under international law.
She emphasised that “the committee members underlined in the intervention with the member states that any attempt by another country to include the territory of a unilateral state is a violation of international law and is illegitimate and invalid.
This principle is laid out in the United Nations Charter, which notes that after 55 years, “Israel treats the occupation as a permanent continuous component and has annexed part of the West Bank for all intents and purposes while trying to conceal itself behind a temporary illusion.
Pelay emphasised that “all this, in addition to the alleged annexation of East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights, led to the conclusion that the Israeli occupation is illegal,” and he urged member states of the UN to “consider taking urgent measures to ensure that Israel begins complying with its international legal obligations and ending the occupation.”
The International Investigation Committee refutes the Israeli representative’s claims that any of its members are anti-Semites.
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