The UN has urged Israel to call off any forced evictions in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem warning that its actions could amount to “war crimes.”
“We call on Israel to immediately call off all forced evictions” UN rights office spokesman Rupert Colville told reporters in Geneva.
“We wish to emphasize that east Jerusalem remains part of the occupied Palestinian territory in which international humanitarian law applies” Colville said.
“The occupying power… cannot confiscate private property in occupied territory” he said adding that transferring civilian populations into occupied territory was illegal under international law and “may amount to war crimes.”
