Palestine urges ‘powerful partners’ to stop Israel’s West Bank ‘annexation’
Israeli soldiers point their weapons during a raid on a market in the Balata refugee camp in the occupied West Bank
Al Jazeera reports on 10 February 2026:
Palestine’s envoy to the United Nations has called on the international community to stop Israel’s recent moves to cement control over the occupied West Bank, which he said amounts to “the annexation of the land of the Palestinian people”.
Flanked by representatives of Arab and Muslim-majority nations, Ambassador Riyad Mansour told reporters at the UN’s headquarters in New York on Tuesday that Palestinians are “mobilising” diplomatically against the “illegal” Israeli effort.
“We hope and expect that the powerful partners … [will] stop Israel in its track[s] from getting away with this very violation of international law and the will of the entire community of nations,” Mansour said.
The Israeli security cabinet approved on Sunday measures that would make it easier for Israelis to seize Palestinian land and directly buy property in the occupied West Bank, while expanding Israel’s military control there.