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Put the words israel and apartheid in the same sentence, and you are stepping into a political minefield. Write a un report and accuse israel of systematically implementing apartheid policies, well, you can be sure there will be a diplomatic explosion. My guest today, rima khalaf, did just that, and promptly resigned from her un post, when the Secretary General refused to accept her work. Her motives have been widely questioned. So lets ask her what were they . Rima khalaf, welcome to hardtalk. Pleasure to be here. Now that the dust has settled for a few weeks on this episode, of you, the report you commissioned on israel, and apartheid, you have had some time to reflect on it all. Do you have regrets about the way you handled it . No, actually, not at all. First let me explain that i did not commission the report because i wanted to commission a report. Escwa, or the un economic and social commission for western asia, is an intergovernmental body. We are an intergovernmental agency. A

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