The United Nations on Thursday accused Israel of flagrantly violating international law by expanding settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, saying settlements are illegal and urging the country's new government to halt their enlargement immediately. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and UN Mideast envoy Tor Wennesland reported on implementation of a 2016 Security Council resolution that declared Jewish settlements on occupied Palestinian territories have "no legal validity". It demanded a halt to their expansion on Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. Wennesland said in a briefing to the council on Guterres' 12-page report that
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