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Podcast: Beyond the Headlines
Episode: Will there be a 'red line' for Israel's annexation of the West Bank?
Description: Israel’s recent change of land-buying policies in the occupied West Bank has been condemned by the international community and the UN.
The measures have been designed to make it easier for settlers to acquire Palestinian land in areas that until now had been under the Palestinian Authority’s administration.
Critics have described the move as de facto annexation of the territory that would crush any prospect of Palestinian statehood.
In a joint statement, Arab and Islamic countries condemned the measures, calling them illegal actions. But this is not the first time. Last July...