UN asks Israel to immediately halt plan to control Gaza

UN human rights chief Volker Turk says Israel's plan for a complete military takeover of Gaza must stop. He mentions that the plan goes against the International Court of Justice ruling. The ruling says that Israel must end its occupation quickly....

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Israeli cabinet approved plan to occupy Gaza City
UN human rights chief Volker Turk on Friday said that "the Israeli Government's plan for a complete military takeover of the occupied Gaza Strip must be immediately halted".

"It runs contrary to the ruling of the International Court of Justice that Israel must bring its occupation to an end as soon as possible, to the realisation of the agreed two-State solution and to the right of Palestinians to self-determination," he said in a statement.

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