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1/ @hrw has concluded that Israel maintains #apartheid over the Palestinian people, dominating them on both sides of the Green Line & as refugees denied their right of return. The report calls for targeted #sanctions & an @IntlCrimCourt investigation: https://www.hrw.org/node/378469 .
2/ The finding of #apartheid is not new. It draws on decades of Palestinian activism, advocacy & scholarship detailing Israel’s institutionalised oppression of the Palestinian people as a whole. See e.g., #Palestinian civil society's 2019 report to #CERD: https://www.alhaq.org/advocacy/16183.html.
3/ Building on the seminal report by @rfalk13 & @unpetrifiedop - published by @UNESCWA in 2017 - @hrw has recognised that a tool of Israeli domination is its #fragmentation of the Palestinian people, which undermines resistance to Israeli #apartheid. See: https://oldwebsite.palestine-studies.org/sites/default/files/ESCWA%202017%20%28Richard%20Falk%29%2C%20Apartheid.pdf.
4/ In 2011, the @russelltribunal on #Palestine sitting in Cape Town concluded that "Israel’s rule over the Palestinian people, wherever they reside, collectively amounts to a single integrated regime of #apartheid": http://www.russelltribunalonpalestine.com/en/sessions/south-africa/south-africa-session-%E2%80%94-full-findings/cape-town-session-summary-of-findings.
5/ In 2009, the South African @HSRCza - with the extensive engagement of Palestinian human rights organisations @alhaq_org & @AdalahCenter - found that Israel is in breach of the prohibitions on #colonialism and #apartheid: see http://www.hsrc.ac.za/en/research-data/view/4634; https://www.alhaq.org/advocacy/7207.html.
6/ In a recent piece for @TWAILReview, @4noura & @SeanMac_R reflect on Palestinian tactics in charging #apartheid at the @IntlCrimCourt. They highlight a wealth of important Palestinian resources on Zionist #colonialism & #apartheid from the 1960s onward: https://twailr.com/we-charge-apartheid-palestine-and-the-international-criminal-court/.
7/ @Hrw's report adds to growing recognition of Israeli #apartheid by civil society, states & UN bodies. This would not have been possible without decades of tireless Palestinian activism & advocacy for which Palestinians have been systematically silenced: https://www.alhaq.org/advocacy/17305.html
