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<h1 class="reader-title">Israel Prevents UN Special Rapporteur
from Traveling to Palestine</h1>
Published 24 October 2019 </div>
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<p>Special rapporteur of the United Nations Organization
on human rights in Palestine Michael Lynk condemned
Israel for preventing him Thursday from traveling to the
Palestinian territories, violating thus established
procedures and protocols.</p>
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<p>"This is a violation of the procedures and protocols
because, as part of my work, I must go and see the
situation on the ground firsthand," the official said at
a press conference in New York.</p>
<p>In addition, he said that Israel's mission in Geneva
does not respond to the requests to visit Palestinian
territories.</p>
<p>Lynk travels every year to meet with the Palestinian
Authority in the West Bank and with civilians from the
territories that are illegally occupied by Israel. On
Wednesday, the expert sent a report to the U.N. General
Assembly stating the Israeli occupation in Palestine is
the longest occupation one in the world. </p>
<p>The U.N. rapporteur recalled that Israel also violates
several resolutions of the international organization,
which calls for an end to the occupation and illegal
settlements in Palestinian territories.</p>
<p>"Israel has occupied the Palestinian territory for more
than 52 years, the longest belligerent occupation in the
modern world," Lynk, said at a U.N. General Assembly.</p>
<p>He also condemned the international community that has
been unwilling to take action against the Jewish state
for its lasting occupation and severe violations of
international law.</p>
<p>"The status quo of Israel’s ‘occupation-annexation’ is
endlessly sustainable without decisive international
intervention because of the grossly asymmetrical balance
of power on the ground," the expert commented.</p>
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