Lights on 24/7. Overflowing toilets and lack of access to showers. Solitary confinement in a 2×2-foot box. These are some of the torturous conditions documented in a new report from Amnesty Internatio...

<article data-history-node-id="432654" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/jordans-foreign-ministry-condemns-israels-approval-19-west-bank" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/jordans-foreign-ministry-condemns-israels-approval-19-west-bank" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Jordan's foreign ministry condemns Israel’s approval of 19 West Bank settlements</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="85" data-start="0">Jordan's foreign ministry says it “strongly condemns the Israeli government’s ratification of the establishment and legalisation of 19 illegal colonial settlements in the occupied West Bank”.</p> <p data-end="492" data-start="285">In a statement, the ministry described the decision as “a blatant violation of international law” and “international humanitarian law”, warning that it directly undermines “efforts for a two-state solution”.</p> <p data-end="628" data-start="494">The statement added that “Israel has no sovereignty over the occupied West Bank”, rejecting any legal or political basis for the move.</p> <p data-end="833" data-start="630">Israel’s cabinet approved the establishment and retroactive legalisation of the 19 settlements on Friday. Settlements across the occupied West Bank are regarded as illegal under international law.</p> </div> </div> </article>

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