violations for four years. we ve produced this report in february 20.last year on apartheid, calling on the state of israel to be fair. to be fair, notjust one report. many reports accuse israel of systemic apartheid in everything from the operation of its security forces in the occupied territories, to its more recent use of surveillance technologies. you characterise it consistently as apartheid. but listen to the impact your reports have had inside israel. for example, former senior figure in the government there, yair lapid. he says, amnesty doesn t call syria, where the regime s murdered half a million of its own citizens, an apartheid state, or iran, or other murderous regimes around the world. it is only israel. look, this is not the first time amnesty international has used apartheid. we ve also demonstrated apartheid
is practising a crime against humanity, of apartheid against the palestinian people. we have investigated those violations for four years. we ve produced this report in february 20.last year on apartheid, calling on the state of israel to be fair. to be fair, notjust one report. many reports accuse israel of systemic apartheid in everything from the operation of its security forces in the occupied territories, to its more recent use of surveillance technologies. you characterise it consistently as apartheid. but listen to the impact your reports have had inside israel. for example, former senior figure in the government there, yair lapid. he says, amnesty doesn t call syria, where the regime s murdered half a million of its own citizens, an apartheid state, or iran, or other murderous regimes around the world. it is only israel.
apartheid is, of course, blatant out and out, systemic racism. so you re in essence saying israel is a racist state? yes, the state of israel is practising a crime against humanity, of apartheid against the palestinian people. we have investigated those violations for four years. we ve produced this report in february 20.last year on apartheid, calling on the state of israel to be fair. to be fair, notjust one report. many reports accuse israel of systemic apartheid in everything from the operation of its security forces in the occupied territories, to its more recent use of surveillance technologies. you characterise it consistently as apartheid. but listen to the impact your reports have had inside israel. for example, former senior figure in the government there, yair lapid. he says, amnesty doesn t call syria, where the regime s murdered half a million
you know? apartheid is, of course, blatant out and out, systemic racism. so you re in essence saying israel is a racist state? yes, the state of israel is practising a crime against humanity, of apartheid against the palestinian people. we have investigated those violations for four years. we ve produced this report in february 20.last year on apartheid, calling on the state of israel to be fair. to be fair, notjust one report. many reports accuse israel of systemic apartheid in everything from the operation of its security forces in the occupied territories, to its more recent use of surveillance technologies. you characterise it consistently as apartheid. but listen to the impact your reports have had inside israel. for example, former senior figure in the government there, yair lapid. he says, amnesty doesn t call
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