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UN report hits Israel ‘apartheid’
An independent report commissioned by the United Nations attacked Israel's illegal occupation of the Palestinian territories, likening it to apartheid South Africa.
The report by UN's Special Rapporteur, John Dugard, said Israel's laws and practices in the occupied Palestinian territories "certainly resemble aspects of apartheid."
The UN's human rights expert in the Palestinian territories, who described the regime as being designed to dominate and systematically oppress Palestinians, noted that there should be "serious consideration" over bringing the occupation to the international court of justice.
The South African professor of international law, assigned to monitor Israeli human rights abuses, studied apartheid in South Africa and has compared it to what he saw under Israeli rule.
"Can it seriously be denied that the purpose of such action is to establish and maintain domination by one racial group (Jews) over another racial group (Palestinians) and systematically oppressing them? Israel denies that this is its intention or purpose. But such an intention or purpose may be inferred from the actions described in this report," Mr. Dugard said.
"It has become abundantly clear that the wall and checkpoints are principally aimed at advancing the safety, convenience and comfort of settlers," he said.
"In effect, following Israel's withdrawal, Gaza became a sealed-off, imprisoned and occupied territory," he added.
A recently released study by the United Nations pointed to the fact that poverty has noticeably surged in Gaza as a result of the Western aid cuts which had been in effect since Hamas won parliamentary elections last year, adding that growing numbers of Palestinians living in Gaza and the West Bank are "food insecure" and are becoming dependent on food aid.
According to the new report from the World Food Programme (WFP), the weak Palestinian economy made workers including fishermen, farmers, and small traders - increasingly desperate.
Source: Al jazeera.com
UN report hits Israel ‘apartheid’
An independent report commissioned by the United Nations attacked Israel's illegal occupation of the Palestinian territories, likening it to apartheid South Africa.
The report by UN's Special Rapporteur, John Dugard, said Israel's laws and practices in the occupied Palestinian territories "certainly resemble aspects of apartheid."
The UN's human rights expert in the Palestinian territories, who described the regime as being designed to dominate and systematically oppress Palestinians, noted that there should be "serious consideration" over bringing the occupation to the international court of justice.
The South African professor of international law, assigned to monitor Israeli human rights abuses, studied apartheid in South Africa and has compared it to what he saw under Israeli rule.
"Can it seriously be denied that the purpose of such action is to establish and maintain domination by one racial group (Jews) over another racial group (Palestinians) and systematically oppressing them? Israel denies that this is its intention or purpose. But such an intention or purpose may be inferred from the actions described in this report," Mr. Dugard said.
"It has become abundantly clear that the wall and checkpoints are principally aimed at advancing the safety, convenience and comfort of settlers," he said.
"In effect, following Israel's withdrawal, Gaza became a sealed-off, imprisoned and occupied territory," he added.
A recently released study by the United Nations pointed to the fact that poverty has noticeably surged in Gaza as a result of the Western aid cuts which had been in effect since Hamas won parliamentary elections last year, adding that growing numbers of Palestinians living in Gaza and the West Bank are "food insecure" and are becoming dependent on food aid.
According to the new report from the World Food Programme (WFP), the weak Palestinian economy made workers including fishermen, farmers, and small traders - increasingly desperate.
Source: Al jazeera.com