United Nations: Israel seeks “permanent demographic change” in the West Bank – Mehr News Agency | RCO News Agency

According to the Mehr News Agency, quoted by the Palestinian Information Center, Volker Turk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, warned about the danger of “ethnic cleansing” and emphasized that Israel’s actions in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, including military operations that lead to the displacement of residents, are aimed at creating lasting changes in the demographic composition of these areas.

In his speech before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, he said: “It seems that all of Israel’s actions are aimed at creating a permanent demographic change in Gaza and the West Bank, which has raised concerns about the occurrence of ethnic cleansing.”

This UN official specifically pointed to Israel’s military operation in the northern West Bank, which has continued since a year ago and has led to the displacement of 32,000 Palestinians.