Israel is committing "crimes against humanity of apartheid and persecution".
This was supported by a 'Human Rights Watch' (HRW) report released today by the NGO according to which the Israeli government's policy is to "maintain the domination of Israeli Jews over Palestinians" and "the serious abuses committed against Palestinians living in the Territories occupied, including East Jerusalem ".
The 213-page report is titled "A Threshold Crossed: Israeli Authorities and the Crimes of Apartheid and Persecution," examines "how Israel treats Palestinians. It presents the reality today of a single authority, the Israeli government, which it primarily governs the area between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, populated by two groups of more or less equal size, and methodologically privileging the Israeli Jews while repressing the Palestinians, more severely in occupied territory ".
"Important voices - underlined Kenneth Roth, executive director of HRW - have warned for years that apartheid is hiding around the corner if the trajectory of Israel's domination over the Palestinians does not change. This detailed report - he added - shows that Israeli authorities have already turned the corner. "