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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. — Reuters JERUSALEM: An international rights watchdog accused Israel on Tuesday of pursuing policies of apartheid and persecution against Palestinians — and against its own Arab minority — that amount to crimes against humanity. New York-based Human Rights Watch 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” co...

Israel accused of apartheid crimes in major new human rights report Israeli officials rejected the Human Rights Watch report as 'preposterous and false' 27 April 2021 • 9:51am Palestinian labourers cross into Israel through a hole in a fence south of Hebron Credit: AP Human Rights Watch has accused Israel of apartheid crimes against Palestinian and Israeli Arabs in a landmark report outlining what it says are crimes against humanity.  The watchdog organisation accused Israeli authorities of methodically privileging Jewish Israelis and discriminating against Palestinians. At times the Jewis...

Share on Twitter Israeli authorities have been accused of persecuting Palestinians with oppressive policies that amount to apartheid, in a major new report that is already stirring up international controversy.  The Human Rights Watch report, released on Tuesday, says Israeli authorities “methodically privilege Jewish Israelis and discriminate against Palestinians” in most aspects of life. They have “dispossessed, confined, forcibly separated, and subjugated Palestinians by virtue of their identity,” the report says. “In certain areas … these deprivations are so seve...

Israel condemns 'preposterous' report accusing it of 'crimes against humanity' and 'apartheid' towards Palestinians Human Rights Watch released a new 213-page report on Tuesday accusing Israel of pursuing policies of apartheid and persecution against Palestinians and its own Arab minority Israel has rejected the report but it has been welcomed by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas The report comes  just weeks after the International Criminal Court announced it would investigate war crimes in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip

By Rami Ayyub JERUSALEM, April 27 (Reuters) - An international rights watchdog accused Israel on Tuesday of pursuing policies of apartheid and persecution against Palestinians - and against its own Arab minority - that amount to crimes against humanity. New York-based Human Rights Watch 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. Israel's foreign ministry rejected the claims as "both preposterous and false" and ...