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The international community needs takeurgent to measures remedy current to the situation humanrightsin the Occupied just of Palestinian Territory through peaceful, and a lasting solution wouldleadto the end of the occupation wouldenable Palestinian that and the people exercise to theirrightto self-determination viablePalestinian in a state.