Israel must withdraw all settlers or face ICC, says UN report... UN Human Rights Council says Israel is in violation of Geneva convention and should face international criminal court

A Palestinian demonstrator during a weekly protest against the Jewish settlement of Qadomem, near Nablus, West Bank. Photograph: Alaa Badarneh/EPA

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jan/31/israel-must-withdraw-settlers-icc

• Harriet Sherwood in Jerusalem
• guardian.co.uk, Thursday 31 January 2013

Israel must withdraw all settlers from the West Bank or potentially face a case at the international criminal court (ICC) for serious violations of international law, says a report by a United Nations agency that was immediately dismissed in Jerusalem as "counterproductive and unfortunate".

All settlement activity in occupied territory must cease "without preconditions" and Israel "must immediately initiate a process of withdrawal of all settlers", said the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). Israel, it said, was in violation of article 49 of the fourth Geneva convention, which forbids the transfer of civilian populations to occupied territory....READ MORE