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Speakers called for rights-based reforms, harm reduction, alternatives to incarceration, and better disaggregated data to address discriminatory outcomes."},{"key":"settlement-expansion","label":"Settlement Expansion and Annexation","description":"Many speakers focused on Israeli settlement expansion in the occupied Palestinian territory, especially in the West Bank and the E1 area, alongside demolitions, land seizures, and settler violence. They argued that these measures amount to de facto annexation and undermine the territorial viability of a future Palestinian state."},{"key":"palestinian-statehood","label":"Palestinian Statehood and the Two-State Solution","description":"Many participants reaffirmed the Palestinian people's right to self-determination and support for an independent, sovereign State of Palestine. 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