Photos: UN calls on Israel to halt West Bank settlement expansion
February 1, 2013
Relatives and friends of Palestinian Lubna Hanash mourn during her funeral in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013. Israeli soldiers shot and killed Lubna near the West Bank town of Hebron, said Kamil Hmaid, the Palestinian governor of the Hebron district. The Israeli military said soldiers were attacked with firebombs and fired back. The 22-year-old woman was driving in a car when she was shot, and Hmaid said two others were injured. He denied that the car's passengers lobbed firebombs. Also Wednesday, a 15-year-old Palestinian boy died of his wounds after being shot to the head in a skirmish with Israeli soldiers on Friday. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Palestinians carry the body of Lubna Hanash during her funeral in the West Bank town of Bethlehem January 23, 2013. Israeli soldiers shot and killed Hanash, a 21-year-old Palestinian woman, near Hebron on Wednesday and wounded another local youth, Palestinian medics said. Asked about the incident, an Israeli army spokeswoman said Palestinians had thrown petrol bombs at soldiers, who then opened fire. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
Palestinian women attend the funeral of Lubna Hanash in the West Bank town of Bethlehem January 23, 2013. Israeli soldiers shot and killed Hanash, a 21-year-old Palestinian woman, near Hebron on Wednesday and wounded another local youth, Palestinian medics said. Asked about the incident, an Israeli army spokeswoman said Palestinians had thrown petrol bombs at soldiers, who then opened fire. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
A Palestinian protester holds a sling as a tear gas canister fired by Israeli security forces flies overhead during clashes at a protest against the controversial Israeli barrier, in the West Bank village of Budrus near Ramallah January 25, 2013. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman
An Israeli security officer fires a tear gas canister during clashes with stone-throwing Palestinians (not pictured) at a weekly protest against Jewish settlements, in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, near Ramallah February 1, 2013. U.N. human rights investigators called on Israel on Thursday to halt settlement expansion and withdraw all half a million Jewish settlers from the occupied West Bank, saying that its practices could be subject to prosecution as possible war crimes. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman
The Jewish settlement of Halamish is seen in the background as a stone-throwing Palestinian protester stands on a garbage bin during clashes with Israeli security officers at a weekly protest against the settlements, in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, near Ramallah February 1, 2013. U.N. human rights investigators called on Israel on Thursday to halt settlement expansion and withdraw all half a million Jewish settlers from the occupied West Bank, saying that its practices could be subject to prosecution as possible war crimes. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman
Palestinian protesters rethrow stones at israeli soldiers during clashes following a protest against the expropriation of Palestinian land by Israel on February 1, 2013 in the village of Kafr Qaddum, near Nablus, in the occupied West Bank. JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP/Getty Images
A Palestinian protester (R) uses a sling to hurl a stone at Israeli security forces during clashes at Aida refugee camp in the West Bank town of Bethlehem January 24, 2013. Minor clashes erupted as Palestinians protested against the killing of Hanash, a 21-year-old Palestinian woman, near Hebron on Wednesday and the fatal wounding of another local youth, al-Amareen, 16, who died of his wounds in an Israeli hospital after being shot in the head during clashes with Israeli soldiers on Friday. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
Stone-throwing Palestinian protesters run away from tear gas fired by Israeli security forces during clashes at a weekly protest against the nearby Jewish settlement of Kdumim, in the West Bank village of Kfar Kadum, near Nablus February 1, 2013. REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini
Stone-throwing Palestinian protesters cover themselves from tear gas fired by Israeli security forces during clashes at Aida refugee camp in the West Bank town of Bethlehem January 24, 2013. Minor clashes erupted as Palestinians protested against the killing of Hanash, a 21-year-old Palestinian woman, near Hebron on Wednesday and the fatal wounding of another local youth, al-Amareen, 16, who died of his wounds in an Israeli hospital after being shot in the head during clashes with Israeli soldiers on Friday. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
An Israeli soldier looks out from a guard post in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Beit El, near Ramallah February 1, 2013. U.N. human rights investigators called on Israel on Thursday to halt settlement expansion and withdraw all half a million Jewish settlers from the occupied West Bank, saying that its practices could be subject to prosecution as possible war crimes. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
In this March 14, 2011 file photo, a general view of a construction site in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Modiin Illit. The United Nations' first report on the broad policy of Israeli settlements concluded Thursday that the government's practice of "creeping annexation" clearly violates the human rights of Palestinians, and called for an immediate halt. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File)
Christine Chanet, Head of a United Nations human rights Inquiry Commission pauses during a news conference in Geneva January 31, 2013. United Nations human rights investigators called on Israel on Thursday to halt settlement expansion and withdraw all Jewish settlers from the occupied West Bank, saying that its practices violated international law. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
In this Jan. 25, 2007 file photo, Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, left, and President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas talk after a plenary session on the Middle East during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The Palestinian president will invite Israeli politicians to the West Bank to try to make sure peacemaking is on the new government's agenda, a senior official said Thursday Jan. 24, 2013, as a top Israeli hard-liner proposed sidelining the polarizing issue.(AP Photo/Keystone/Alessandro della Valle, File)
Palestinian journalist Emad Burnat (L) stands next to his son Jibril as he speaks to the audience after a screening of his Oscar-nominated documentary "5 Broken Cameras" in the West Bank city of Ramallah January 28, 2013. The documentary screened for Palestinians for the first time on Monday, leaving locals hopeful that their struggle with Israel for land and statehood will gain a global audience. The low-cost film is based on five years of amateur camera work by Burnat as he documented weekly protests against land seizures by Israeli forces and Jewish settlers in his village of Bil'in in the occupied West Bank. Picture taken January 28, 2013. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman
A poster for the Oscar-nominated documentary "5 Broken Cameras" is displayed at a theatre in the West Bank city of Ramallah January 28, 2013. The documentary screened for Palestinians for the first time on Monday, leaving locals hopeful that their struggle with Israel for land and statehood will gain a global audience. The low-cost film is based on five years of amateur camera work by journalist Emad Burnat as he documented weekly protests against land seizures by Israeli forces and Jewish settlers in his village of Bil'in in the occupied West Bank. Picture taken January 28, 2013. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman
A Palestinian man sits under an electronic board displaying currency exchange rates at the Housing Bank for Trade & Finance in the West Bank city of Ramallah January 22, 2013. A central bank in the making, the Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA) is a rare bright spot as the economy of the Palestinian territories struggles with Israeli sanctions. Enforcing on Palestinian banks a regimen of conservative lending that has kept bad loans minimal and guaranteed liquidity, the PMA's technocratic prowess is the pinnacle of a Palestinian drive to build institutions fit for a future state. Picture taken January 22, 2013. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman
Palestinian money changers count money on a street in the West Bank city of Ramallah January 21, 2013. A central bank in the making, the Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA) is a rare bright spot as the economy of the Palestinian territories struggles with Israeli sanctions. Enforcing on Palestinian banks a regimen of conservative lending that has kept bad loans minimal and guaranteed liquidity, the PMA's technocratic prowess is the pinnacle of a Palestinian drive to build institutions fit for a future state. Picture taken January 21, 2013. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman
Palestinian men walk near a part of Israel's controversial barrier which is under construction in the Shuafat refugee camp in the West Bank near Jerusalem January 27, 2013. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
In this Friday, Feb. 17, 2012 file photo, the West Bank Jewish settlement of Modiin Illit is seen in the background while a protestor waves a Palestinian flag in front of Israeli troops during a protest against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin. The United Nations' first report on the broad policy of Israeli settlements concluded Thursday that the government's practice of "creeping annexation" clearly violates the human rights of Palestinians, and called for an immediate halt. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, File)
A general view shows the Jewish settlement of Nili, near the West Bank city of Ramallah February 1, 2013. U.N. human rights investigators called on Israel on Thursday to halt settlement expansion and withdraw all half a million Jewish settlers from the occupied West Bank, saying that its practices could be subject to prosecution as possible war crimes. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
Palestinians throw tear gas canisters back at Israeli security forces during a weekly protest against the expansion of the nearby Jewish settlement of Halamish, in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh near Ramallah, Friday, Feb. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
Israeli security forces detain a Palestinian during clashes in the West Bank village of Anin, Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013. Hundreds of Palestinians clashed with Israeli security during a rally in support of Palestinians in Israeli jails. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)
Israeli security forces detain a Palestinian during clashes in the West Bank village of Anin, Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013. Hundreds of Palestinians clashed with Israeli security during a rally in support of Palestinians in Israeli jails. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)
Palestinian demonstrators wave their national flag (C) and the red party flag of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) under a covered passage during a protest in support with Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails and against administrative detention in the northern West Bank village of Araba, near Jenin, on February 1, 2013. SAIF DAHLAH/AFP/Getty Images
Lights from houses are seen during sunset in the West Bank village of Battir, south of Jerusalem, January 24, 2013. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
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