The Palestinian Foreign Ministry today praised Amnesty International's report, which called Israel an apartheid state and demanded that the occupation state be held accountable for its treatment of Palestinians.
In a statement, the Ministry said, "The report provides a detailed affirmation of the harsh reality of entrenched racism, exclusion, oppression, colonialism, apartheid, and attempted erasing that the Palestinian people have faced since the Nakba."
It urged the UN to "hear Amnesty International's irrefutable evidence" and hold Israel "accountable for its crimes against the Palestinians, including through sanctions."
This happened after Amnesty International released a report in occupied East Jerusalem, claiming that Israel's tactics in the occupied West Bank, Negev, and elsewhere "together amount to a system and crime of apartheid."
Palestinian uprising According to Hamas, the report depicts the painful reality of Palestinians living under Israeli control.
In a statement, organisation spokesman Hisham Qasem said, "The study depicts the truly sorrowful reality of our Palestinian people under the [Israeli] occupation."
B'Tselem, an Israeli human rights organisation, praised the report as a "significant complement to prior reports" on Israel's apartheid policies.
"This is a critical step in the fight to alter this reality," it said in a statement, "towards a future where all people living here will experience justice, equality, and respect for their human rights."
The rights group lambasted Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapi's condemnation of the study, calling it "biassed and anti-Semitic."
"Accusing everyone who accuses the Israeli regime of anti-Semitism – even human rights groups – is a deceptive allegation that embargos the essential global anti-Semitism struggle and offends the memories of anti-Semitism victims throughout history," B'Tselem maintained throughout. Early last year, B'Tselem released a study detailing Israel's apartheid tactics.
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