West Bank & Jerusalem
Jordan's king calls Israeli West Bank expansion a war crime
Image credit: Al Jazeera English
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King Abdullah II of Jordan condemned Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank as a "war crime," characterizing them as a strategy of forced displacement, Al Jazeera English reported. The Jordanian monarch's remarks reflected escalating regional tensions over Israeli settlement expansion in Palestinian territories.
Abdullah's statement came as Arab states intensified criticism of Israeli settlement policies and their effects on Palestinians in the West Bank.
