Claims that Israel is imposing 'apartheid' on Palestinians put new pressure on Trudeau Liberals

Two cornerstones of the Trudeau government's foreign policy have been its public statements in defence of human rights around the world and its less-publicized support for Israel at the United Nations. Now, a series of reports by the world's leading human rights organizations accusing Israel of employing a policy of apartheid in its treatment of Palestinians have put the focus on the tension between those two positions.

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