UN official warns of ‘deteriorating’ situation in Palestine

A UN official has warned of the deteriorating situation for Palestinians under Israel’s apartheid occupation of the Palestinian territories, Press TV reports.

Richard Falk, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, said that the situation “on the ground as far as the Palestinians are concerned has actually gotten worse.”

Falk also stated that al-Quds (Jerusalem) has turned into “more of a Jewish city.”

There are more Israeli settlers and there is more settlement, he said.

The UN official added that the besieged Gaza Strip is also in “bad shape.” The situation has actually deteriorated, Falk stated.

The UN official stressed that the Palestinians are facing discrimination in the occupied territories, saying they are subject to military suppression with no rights of their own while extremist Israeli settlers have been given rights.

Falk made the comments in his final report that will be presented to the UN Human Rights Council soon.

Meanwhile, the Palestinian Authority said on Thursday that talks between Palestinians and Israelis had reached an “impasse” because of Tel Aviv’s “settlement activity.”

The Israeli regime is reportedly pushing ahead with plans for more than 2,000 new illegal settler units in six settlements in the occupied West Bank.