Israeli security forces take measures in the area as Palestinian students and protesters stage a demonstration for Palestinian students who have been unable to attend school for a week due to Israeli settlers, blocking a road in the village of Umm al-Kheir in the Masafer Yatta region of Hebron, West Bank, Palestine on April 19, 2026. [Mamoun Wazwaz - Anadolu Agency]
A group of former British diplomats has called on the UK and its allies to take stronger action against Israeli settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank, warning that current policies risk enabling annexation and undermining international law, Anadolu reports. In a letter published in the Financial Times on Friday, more than 80 former diplomats – including 60 ambassadors, high commissioners and senior officials – said Israel’s expansionist activity and policies in the occupied Palestinian territories amounted to “accelerating annexation.” “America is indeed falling out of love with Israel. So is Europe. While the world watches Iran and Lebanon, Israel extends control over the West Bank and Gaza. Its accelerating annexation is unmistakable,” the letter said. They argued that Israel […]

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