UN report: Israel has established an ‘apartheid regime’

From time to time, the Palestine Center distributes articles it believes will enhance understanding of the Palestinian political reality. The following article by Ben White was published by Al Jazeera on March 18, 2017.

A new United Nations report accuses Israel of having established ‘an apartheid regime that oppresses and dominates the Palestinian people as a whole’.

The publication comes amid renewed debate about whether, through its settlement policy and rejection of Palestinian self-determination, the Israeli government is creating – or even has already created – a de facto ‘one-state’, which critics warn would constitute a form of apartheid.

It urged governments to ‘support boycott, divestment and sanctions [BDS] activities and respond positively to calls for such initiatives’.”

 

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