United Nations Security Council forum raps Israeli settlement expansion in occupied Palestine

‘A special United Nations Security Council (UNSC) session has denounced Israel for building “illegal settlements” in the occupied Palestinian territories, paving the way for a Security Council resolution against the Israeli regime.
The session, categorized as an “Arria-Formula” meeting or an informal session, was held at the UN headquarters in New York on Friday at the request of UNSC member states Angola, Malaysia, Venezuela, Senegal and Egypt, with a push from the Palestinians.
The forum was attended by some human rights groups, including Americans for Peace Now and B’Tselem, an Israeli organization that monitors human rights abuses in the occupied Palestinian lands. Both groups called for an international boycott of Israel’s settlements and foreign companies that invest in them.’
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