"The United Nations human rights office has called on Israel to dismantle all settlements in the occupied West Bank, saying its oppression and domination of Palestinians resembles apartheid. In a new report on Wednesday, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights slammed Israel's systemic discrimination against Palestinians, citing restrictions on movement through checkpoints, and limited access to roads, natural resources, land and basic social facilities."
"Wednesday's report called out the Israeli authorities for treating Israeli settlers and Palestinians under two distinct bodies of law and policies, resulting in unequal treatment on a range of critical issues, with large-scale confiscation of land and deprivation of access to resources. The laws had led to Palestinians being dispossessed of their lands and homes alongside other forms of systemic discrimination including criminal prosecution in military courts during which their due process and fair trial rights are systematically violated."
The UN human rights office called on Israel to dismantle all settlements in the occupied West Bank and stated that oppression and domination of Palestinians resembles apartheid. There is systematic asphyxiation of Palestinian rights in the West Bank, a particularly severe form of racial discrimination and segregation. Israeli discriminatory laws, policies and practices control and curtail every aspect of life, from accessing water to harvesting olives, and impose restrictions on movement, limited access to roads, natural resources, land and basic social facilities. Israeli authorities apply two distinct bodies of law to Israeli settlers and Palestinians, resulting in unequal treatment, large-scale land confiscation and dispossession. Criminal prosecution of Palestinians in military courts systematically violates due process and fair trial rights. Israel rejects the apartheid accusations.
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