Israel's priority is a “broader colonial expansion,” said the Israeli practices committee in occupied territories.
The world could witness “another Nakba”, or the expulsion of the Palestinians, warned a special committee of the United Nations.
The committee rang the alarm on Friday, accusing Israel of “ethnic cleaning” and saying that he was inflicting “unimaginable suffering” to the Palestinians.
The comments occur after Israel announced a plan earlier this week to expel hundreds of thousands of hungry Palestinians from northern Gaza and confine them in six camps.
For the Palestinians, any forced displacement evokes memories of the “nakba”, or the catastrophe, the massive displacement that accompanied the creation of Israel in 1948.
“Israel continues to inflict unimaginable suffering to people who live under their occupation, while quickly expanding the confiscation of the Earth as part of its broader colonial aspirations,” said the UN committee responsible for investigating Israeli practices that affect Palestinian rights.
“What we are witnessing could be another Nakba,” added the committee, after concluding an annual mission to Amman.
“The objective of the broader colonial expansion is clearly the priority of the Israel government,” said his report.
“Security operations are used as a smoke short for the rapid hoarding of the earth, mass displacement, dispossession, demolitions, forced evictions and ethnic cleaning, to replace Palestinian communities with Jewish settlers.”
'Inhuman and degrading treatment'
The committee also pointed out the violations of human rights of Israel against the Palestinians.
“According to the testimonies, it is evident that the use of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading punishments, including sexual violence, is a systematic practice of the Israeli army and security forces, and is widespread in Israeli prisons and military detention fields,” he said.
“The methods are read as a play book on how to humble, repeal and generate fear in people's hearts.”
The committee's mission took place as the total help blockade of Israel's week continues for Gaza.
“It is difficult to imagine a world in which a government would implement such depraved policies to hunger to a population, while food trucks are sitting just a few kilometers away,” the committee said.
“However, this is the sick reality for those in Gaza.”
The UN Special Committee to investigate Israeli practices that affect the human rights of the Palestinian people and other Arabs of the occupied territories was established by the UN General Assembly in December 1968.
During the formation of Israel in 1948, approximately 760,000 Palestinians fled or were expelled from their homes in what was known as “El Nakba.”
The descendants of about 160,000 Palestinians who managed to remain in what became Israel currently represent about 20 percent of their population.
Currently, the Committee is composed of the ambassadors of Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Senegalesa before the UN in New York.
