Israel Accused of Apartheid Crimes Against Palestinians by Human Rights Watch
The Israeli foreign ministry refuted the report and accused HRW of running an anti-Israel agenda for years.
A Palestinian flag hangs on a tree during a protest against Jewish settlements in An-Naqura village near Nablus, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank March 29, 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta
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Jerusalem: An international rights watchdog accused Israel on Tuesday of pursuing policies of apartheid and persecution against Palestinians â and against its own Arab minority â that amount to crimes against humanity.
New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) published a 213-page report which, it said, was not aimed at comparing Israel with apartheid-era South Africa but rather at assessing “whether specific acts and policies” constitute apartheid as defined under international law.
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While the term apartheid was first used in relation to South Africa s racist segregation of non-white citizens, the report said it was now a universally recognized legal term that described crime against humanity under international law.
An apartheid system is defined by an effort to maintain domination by one racial group over another, a context of systematic oppression by the dominant group over the marginalized group (and) inhuman acts, HRW said.
Persecution, which is also a crime against humanity, is defined as the intentional and severe deprivation of fundamental rights of a group of people.
Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of ‘apartheid’ crimes against Palestine
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Tuesday Apr 27, 2021
Palestinian demonstrators stand in front of a Jewish settlement during a protest, in Kafr Qaddum in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on November 13, 2020. Photo: Reuters
New York-based Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of pursuing policies of apartheid and persecution against Palestinians.
Israel s foreign ministry rejects the claims as both preposterous and false .
Just weeks ago, the ICC announced it would investigate war crimes in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip.
JERUSALEM: Israel on Tuesday was accused by New York-based Human Rights Watch of pursuing policies of apartheid and persecution against Palestinians - and against its own Arab minority - that amount to crimes against humanity.
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