Michael Lynk is the United Nations Special Rapporteur forthe Situation of Human Rights in the Palestinian TerritoryOccupied since 1967. He is an associate professor in theFaculty of Law at Western University in London, Ontario,Canada. This is an excerpt from his October 2018 reportto the United Nations General Assembly.
Since the June 1967 war, Israel has continuously entrenched its de facto annexation of
the West Bank through sovereignty-enhancing facts on the ground, making a mockery
of international law.