00:00More than 36,000 Palestinians have been displaced across the West Bank over the past year.
00:06The United Nations report describes the scale of displacement as unprecedented.
00:12It links that trend to a sharp rise in settlement expansion,
00:17along with what it calls the forced removal of Palestinian communities.
00:23Released on October 31, 2025, the report says the actions it documents
00:29may breach international humanitarian law.
00:31It also raises concerns about evidence, it says,
00:35suggests efforts to alter demographics in the occupied Palestinian territories.
00:40The findings indicate what the UN calls a wider pattern,
00:43affecting both the West Bank and Gaza, warning of the risk of long-term displacement.
00:49During the period reviewed, the report says Israeli authorities approved
00:53nearly 37,000 housing units in East Jerusalem,
00:57and another 27,000 units across the broader West Bank.
01:02Around 3 million Palestinians currently live in the West Bank.
01:06More than 500,000 Israeli settlers reside in settlements there,
01:11which are widely regarded by the international community as illegal under international law.
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