United Nations: Exacerbation of needs in the West Bank with the imposition of more restrictions on the movement of Palestinians

- Europe and Arabs
- Saturday , 26 August 2023 14:22 PM GMT
New York - the West Bank: Europe and the Arabs
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has warned that humanitarian needs in the West Bank are exacerbated by restrictions on the movement of Palestinians, undermining their access to livelihoods and basic services such as health care and education. According to a UN news release, a copy of which we received in the morning. Saturday
During a press conference held in New York on Friday, Florencia Soto of the UN Spokesperson's Office said that the Israeli authorities are obligated under international law to "facilitate the freedom of movement of Palestinians within the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and only some security-related exceptions are recognized." ".
OCHA identified 645 obstacles restricting movement across the West Bank, which represents an eight percent increase from the last survey conducted in 2020.
It is noteworthy that all the obstacles that have been drawn are located inside the occupied Palestinian territory and not on the Green Line.

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