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Nof Zion, one of the most recent settlements in East Jerusalem, is now considered illegal under international law. The Levy report contradicts this.<\/p><\/div>\n

The\u00a0recently-released Levy report commissioned by Israeli Prime Minister Bejamin Netanyahu’s office has concluded that not only are all outposts legal, but all settlement activity in the West Bank is legal.\u00a0 The report went on to reject the claim that Israel’s presence in the West Bank is one of an occupying force.\u00a0 Settler communities hailed the report, others condemned it, as it contradicts many UN resolutions, Israeli supreme court decisions and the Fourth Geneva convention.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Read Haaretz article\u00a0 <\/a>
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\nLegal experts respond to Levy report <\/a>
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The US issued a statement <\/a>criticizing the report and said it continues to oppose\u00a0Israeli settlement activity in the West Bank.\u00a0 Meanwhile,\u00a0the UN Human Rights Council continues to plan to look into the Israeli settlement question <\/a>and Israel’s Foreign Ministry says it won’t cooperate with the initiative.\u00a0 On the question of whether the West Bank is occupied territory,\u00a0international legal expert \u00a0Prof. David Kretzmer, said,\u00a0“If Israel is not an occupying force, it must immediately relinquish ownership of all private lands seized over the years for military use, taken with authority as the occupying force in an occupied territory, and restore the lands to previous owners,” said Kretzmer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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