Calls for Israel to annex parts or all of the West Bank risk destroying prospects for peace, the UN envoy for the Middle East warns.
Some Israeli ministers have called for an annexation of land and US President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, has voiced support for such a move.
UN envoy Nickolay Mladenov delivers the warning to the Security Council, which met for the first time since the adoption of a contentious resolution demanding an end to Israeli settlements.
“In the aftermath of the vote, emotions on the ground have been heightened,” he says. “Calls have been made for the annexation of parts of or the whole of Area C,” which constitutes about 60 percent of the West Bank.
“Such divisive positions risk destroying the prospects for peace,” he says.
— AFP
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