The settlement policy is indeed a war crime. It is designed to pull the land from under the feet of the conquered people. Its real aim is the eviction of the conquered people from its homeland. It leads inevitably to other crimes, such as the robbery of land and water, the suppression of resistance, arbitrary arrest and torture. So in Tibet, so in Bosnia, so in the occupied Palestinian territories.
Settlements mean oppression, exploitation and war.
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