A/HRC/37/43 (A/HRC/31/43, para. 60; A/71/355, paras. 61-64), in contravention of the international prohibition of forcible transfer. VII. Recommendations 72. On the basis of his findings, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights recommends that the Israeli authorities: (a) Halt immediately and reverse all settlement development and related activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including occupied East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan, including through the discontinuation of support for private settler organizations’ initiatives aimed at the seizure of Palestinian properties and the forced eviction of their residents, in compliance with relevant United Nations resolutions, including Security Council resolutions 497 (1981) and 2334 (2016); (b) End immediately all activity contributing to the creation of a coercive environment and/or increasing the risk of forcible transfer; (c) Review planning laws and policies to ensure that they are compliant with the obligations of Israel under international human rights and international humanitarian law; (d) Refrain from implementing evictions and demolition orders on the basis of discriminatory and illegal planning policies and practices that may lead to forcible transfer, including of Bedouin and herder communities; (e) Take all steps necessary to ensure that Palestinians in East Jerusalem and Area C of the occupied West Bank are not denied access to, or discriminated against in the provision of, essential services, including electricity, water and sanitation, and natural resources, including land for agricultural purposes; (f) Remove immediately all mines and minefields in the occupied Syrian Golan, which pose a risk to the local civilian population. 16

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