Publicly, Jewish American and pro-Israel groups are paying little attention to a Human Rights Watch report released Tuesday that accuses the Israeli government of committing the crime of apartheid. The report, called “A Threshold Crossed,” represents the first official use of the term by the widely-respected New York-based group. The day of the report’s release, organizations including AIPAC, the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations and the American Jewish Committee had neither released statements or tweeted about the report. The Israeli government did issue a strong reaction, however. Gilad Erdan, Israel’s ambassador to the United States and the United Nations, called the report “a collection of lies and fabrications, bordering on antisemitic, which is part of the organization’s ongoing campaign against Israel.”