UN condemns Israeli law legalising Jewish West Bank outposts

There’s been swift international condemnation of Israel’s new law that allows the appropriation of private Palestinian land for Israeli settler outposts in the occupied West Bank.

The United Nations says the law is a ‘radical departure’ from previous Israeli policy.

Palestinians say it legalises land theft.

Featured: Nickolay Mladenov, UN Envoy for the Middle East peace process

Report by Sophie McNeill on the ABC AM program.