Raquel Rolnik, a United Nations rapporteur on adequate housing, accused Israel of implementing a strategy of what she termed "Judaization" and territorial control over Palestinians and minorities within Israel, The Jerusalem Post reported Monday.

"From the Galilee and the Negev to east Jerusalem and the West Bank, the Israeli authorities promote a territorial development model that excludes, discriminates against and displaces minorities, particularly affecting Palestinian communities," Rolnik said at a press conference after a two-week visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories.

The UN representative said she received complaints throughout her visit from Palestinian communities regarding the lack of housing, threat of demolitions, evictions, and inferior treatment in comparison with adjacent Jewish settlements.

"Currently, tens of thousands of Palestinians are estimated to be at risk of their homes being demolished due to unregulated building. The mere threat of demolition has a profound impact on families and particularly on children, psychologically and otherwise," Rolnik said.

She noted that Palestinians in east Jerusalem can only apply for building permits on 13 percent of the area, saying that Palestinians and Israeli Bedouins suffer from land expropriations.

"The Bedouins in the Negev as well as the new Jewish settlements in Area C (West Bank areas under Israeli military and civilian control), and inside Palestinian neighborhoods in east Jerusalem are the new frontiers of dispossession of the traditional inhabitants and the implementation of a strategy of Judaization and control of the territory," Rolnik said.

According to the report, the UN representative plans to submit a full report to the UN Human Civil Rights Council.

"The nondemocratic and discriminatory elements in Israeli spatial planning and urban strategies appear to contribute to the deepening of conflict instead of promoting peace," Rolnik announced.

Israeli foreign ministry officials who accompanied Rolnik on her visit told Xinhua that they were disappointed by her statements. One diplomatic source said Rolnik was warned "not to fall into political traps," since matters of lands and construction hold some political significance in many societies worldwide.

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Yigal Palmor told Xinhua Monday that Rolnik was exploiting what he called "universal social issues," and "twisting them into a real religious war."

Palmor stressed that Rolnik "received unlimited cooperation here, and not a single door was closed to her," and Israel had mulled the prospects of future cooperation with her.

"If, after all that, she finds it fitting to totally ignore everything we told her, and to grasp onto shreds of distorted, inappropriately presented facts, well, it's truly disappointing and we will have to weigh future collaboration with her," Palmor warned.

However, Jeff Halper, director of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, who also escorted Rolnik during her stay in Israel, praised her statements.

"We took her for a day to see demolished homes, the Jordan Valley, and Bedouins. We were able to explain things in the depth, " he said.

Halper said he hoped that Rolnik's report to the UN would change the reality on the ground.

"We're hoping the occupation end before the report is out, but considering the reality... It can start a process," he said, " after the report is published, it can percolate up to the (UN) General Assembly and maybe even get to the Security Council."

Halper hoped the visit would encourage international involvement against Israeli demolitions of Palestinian and Bedouin structures.

"Meanwhile we can use it for political support," Halper said of the report.

"The scene is being rooted in international law, and we are beginning to form cases on house demolitions for international courts. The report will make our legal claims much stronger," he said.