Pakistan warns UN Security Council of ‘tipping point’ in occupied West Bank

• Calls on international community to pressure Israel to halt settlement expansion on Palestinian land • Guterres says Israeli settlements in occupied West Bank have no legal validity and violate international law WASHINGTON: Pakistan on Tuesday urged the international community to persuade Israel to halt new Jewish settlements on Palestinian lands, warning that the situation was approaching a “dangerous tipping point”, as UN Secretary-General António Guterres said all Israeli settlements in ...

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