A U.N. conference on whether Jewish settlements in the West Bank violate international law was adjourned shortly after it convened Thursday in Geneva. Attendees unanimously approved a statement that the Geneva Conventions are applicable to the settlements and that the conference will be reconvened if Israel fails to change its settlement policy. The meeting was a “clear violation of the intent of the drafters of the Fourth Geneva Convention,” said Harris Schoenberg, director of U.N. affairs for B’nai B’rith. “International humanitarian law has been politicized and demeaned.”
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