A Welsh council has come under fire for branding the Occupation of Palestinian territories a “war crime” as it reiterated calls for the international recognition of a Palestinian state.
The Board of Deputies condemned the wording of a motion put forward by Gwynedd Council’s Gruffydd Williams, of the ruling Plaid Cymru party, which also called for “the International community to put diplomatic pressure on the State of Israel to end its illegal occupation and not to annex further territory”.
At a full council meeting in December, Cllr Williams said the “annexation” of Palestinian territories was “strictly forbidden under international law, and so would constitute a war crime”.
The motion was passed by a majority of councillors.
