![The Jewish settlement of Halamish is seen in the background as a Palestinian protester stands on a garbage bin during clashes with Israeli security officers at a weekly protest against the settlements, in Nabi Saleh The Jewish settlement of Halamish is seen in the background as a stone-throwing Palestinian protester stands on a garbage bin during clashes with Israeli security officers at a weekly protest against the settlements, in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, near Ramallah February 1, 2013. U.N. human rights investigators called on Israel on Thursday to halt settlement expansion and withdraw all half a million Jewish settlers from the occupied West Bank, saying that its practices could be subject to prosecutio](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2013/02/1-RTR3D85P.jpg/1-RTR3D85P.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=Knipdzrx)
![The Jewish settlement of Halamish is seen in the background as a Palestinian protester stands on a garbage bin during clashes with Israeli security officers at a weekly protest against the settlements, in Nabi Saleh The Jewish settlement of Halamish is seen in the background as a stone-throwing Palestinian protester stands on a garbage bin during clashes with Israeli security officers at a weekly protest against the settlements, in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, near Ramallah February 1, 2013. U.N. human rights investigators called on Israel on Thursday to halt settlement expansion and withdraw all half a million Jewish settlers from the occupied West Bank, saying that its practices could be subject to prosecutio](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2013/02/1-RTR3D85P.jpg/1-RTR3D85P.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=Knipdzrx)
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![The Jewish settlement of Halamish is seen in the background as a Palestinian protester stands on a garbage bin during clashes with Israeli security officers at a weekly protest against the settlements, in Nabi Saleh The Jewish settlement of Halamish is seen in the background as a stone-throwing Palestinian protester stands on a garbage bin during clashes with Israeli security officers at a weekly protest against the settlements, in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, near Ramallah February 1, 2013. U.N. human rights investigators called on Israel on Thursday to halt settlement expansion and withdraw all half a million Jewish settlers from the occupied West Bank, saying that its practices could be subject to prosecutio](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2013/02/1-RTR3D85P.jpg/1-RTR3D85P.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=Knipdzrx)
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