Israeli human rights group brands country apartheid state
In new report, B Tselem says the Palestinians, both within Israel and the West Bank, have fewer rights than Jews across entire area, for first time using the explosive term seen as taboo even by critics of Israel
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Published: 01.12.21 , 10:11
A leading Israeli human rights group has begun describing both Israel and its control of the Palestinian territories as a single apartheid regime, using an explosive term that the country s leaders and their supporters vehemently reject.
In a report released Tuesday, B’Tselem says that while Palestinians live under different forms of Israeli control in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem and within Israel itself, they have fewer rights than Jews in the entire area between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River.