Palestine urges UN to confront West Bank annexation
Palestinian envoy says repeated condemnations have failed as settlement expansion and displacement deepen territorial fragmentation
NEW YORK (MNTV) — Palestine has urged the UN Security Council to move beyond repeated statements of concern and take concrete measures to enforce international law in the occupied West Bank, warning that Israeli annexation and territorial fragmentation are advancing rapidly.
Palestinian Permanent Observer Riyad Mansour told the council during a high-level briefing that the international community could no longer treat the deteriorating situation as routine diplomacy.
He accused Israel of pursuing the seizure of Palestinian land while reducing the territory available to Palestinians.
Mansour said Israel’s occupation was continuing to uproot Palestinian families and fragment their communities, arguing that the international community must confront what he described as an expanding system of territorial control and displacement.
He also called for the full implementation of US President Donald Trump’s 20-point peace plan, as reflected in Security Council Resolution 2803, rejecting any selective application of its provisions.
Mansour warned that West Bank annexation was already taking place rather than remaining a future political possibility.
The United States reiterated its opposition to annexation of the occupied West Bank while emphasizing Israeli efforts to address violence. Washington also said the peace plan requires the Palestinian Authority to demonstrate comprehensive institutional reforms.
The US further cited a commitment by Hamas in late July to a formal process for disarmament, calling on the parties to use the development to advance what it described as full and irreversible disarmament.
Several other Security Council members raised alarm over the continuing fragmentation of Palestinian territory.
Somalia said more than 33,000 Palestinians had been forcibly displaced, describing the figure as the highest since 1967, while warning that archaeological and heritage claims were increasingly being used to support territorial expansion.
The United Kingdom opposed the revival of the E1 settlement project, which critics say would further divide the occupied West Bank and undermine the possibility of a contiguous Palestinian state.
Pakistan said the so-called Crimson Thread project formed part of broader efforts to disrupt Palestinian territorial continuity.
France welcomed plans for Palestinian legislative and presidential elections, while Russia said the US-backed peace initiative had effectively stalled.
Russia also highlighted the continuing civilian toll in Gaza, saying an average of one child had been killed each day by Israeli forces over the previous 300 days.
Liberia warned that the council risked presiding over the gradual erosion of the two-state solution rather than taking effective measures to preserve it, as settlement expansion, displacement and territorial fragmentation continue to reshape the occupied Palestinian territories.
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