UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks during the 81st United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, on Sept. 22, 2026. (Credit: Timothy A. Clary/AFP)
Expansion of Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank are damaging the prospect of peace between the Israelis and Palestinians while raising the "specter of ethnic cleansing," UN chief Antonio Guterres warned on Tuesday.
"Violence, displacement and settlement expansion by Israel in the Occupied West Bank are bulldozing the path to peace and raising the specter of ethnic cleansing. We cannot allow the two-state solution to disappear before our eyes," he said while opening the UN's signature diplomatic gathering.
Expansion of Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank are damaging the prospect of peace between the Israelis and Palestinians while raising the "specter of ethnic cleansing," UN chief Antonio Guterres warned on Tuesday.
"Violence, displacement and settlement expansion by Israel in the Occupied West Bank are bulldozing the path to peace and raising the specter of ethnic cleansing. We cannot allow the two-state solution to disappear before our eyes," he said while opening the UN's signature diplomatic gathering.