Occupied Jerusalem - SANA
Human Rights Watch confirmed that the Israeli occupation authorities are committing the two crimes of apartheid and inhuman persecution against the right of Palestinians to request the International Criminal Court to investigate them.
Wafa news agency quoted the organization’s report issued today under the title (Exceeding the Limit ... the Israeli Authorities and the Crimes of Apartheid and Persecution) as saying that the elements of these two crimes are combined in the practices of "Israel" in the occupied Palestinian territories represented in maintaining hegemony over the Palestinians, adding that "they are associated with" The occupied territories are subjected to systematic repression and inhuman actions against the Palestinians ”.
The report, issued in 204 pages, indicated that the occupation authorities expanded settlement operations at the expense of Palestinian lands and their attempts to change the demographic situation in the occupied city of Jerusalem and empty it of the Palestinian presence to Judaize it, indicating that “the Israeli authorities have committed a range of violations against the Palestinians, many of which constitute a grave violation of basic rights and inhumane acts. A condition for the achievement of apartheid, and these violations include the severe restrictions on movement represented by the closure of Gaza and the confiscation of more than a third of the West Bank lands and the harsh conditions in parts of the West Bank that led to the forcible deportation of thousands of Palestinians from their homes and the deprivation of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians and their relatives of the right to residency and the suspension of basic civil rights for millions Palestinians ”.
The report calls on the Prosecutor's Office of the International Criminal Court to investigate the officials of the Israeli occupation entity for the two crimes against humanity of apartheid and persecution and hold them accountable, calling on the occupation authorities to "end all forms of oppression and discrimination."
For its part, the Palestinian Presidency welcomed the organization’s report, stressing that it proves that the occupation has committed crimes of apartheid and persecution, which calls for the international community to assume its immediate responsibilities towards Palestine and hold Israel accountable for its multiple crimes against the Palestinian people.
Spokesman for the Palestinian Presidency, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, said in a statement that this report comes at a time when Israeli violations and crimes against the Palestinians are escalating, especially in occupied Jerusalem, the capital of the State of Palestine, calling on all international parties to carefully review this report and fulfill their obligations under international law and stop the crimes of "Israel" Authority. Occupation list against the Palestinians.