UN missions of 85 countries condemn Israeli West Bank plans

The UN missions of 85 countries on Wednesday condemned a series of Israeli measures designed to tighten control over the West Bank, including in areas administered by the Palestinian Authority under the Oslo Accords, in place since the 1990s. It came as Israel's far-right finance minister Bezalel Smotrich said he would pursue a policy of "encouraging the migration" of Palestinians from the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip.