Israeli NGO B'Tselem denounces apartheid regime in Israel
The Israeli human rights NGO accuses the Jewish state of maintaining a regime of Jewish supremacy between the Jordan and the Mediterranean.
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"Jewish supremacy from the Jordan to the Mediterranean: it's apartheid" is the title of the new report published this Tuesday morning by the Israeli NGO B'Tselem, which overwhelms the Hebrew state.
B'Tselem denounces the injustice suffered by the Palestinians, reduced to the status of second-class citizens by the Israeli occupation.
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From our correspondent in Jerusalem
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Sami Boukhelifa
Israeli leaders often present their country as the only democracy in the Middle East.
But in a democracy all individuals are equal denounces, Amit Gilutz, spokesperson for B'Tselem: “
We cannot speak of democracy when a group of people controls another, and constantly works to perpetuate this domination.
That is the exact definition of apartheid
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In order to guarantee Jewish supremacy in Israel and the Palestinian territories, the Hebrew state is still strengthening its control over Palestinian lands, specifies Amit Gilutz of B'Tselem: “
In recent years, the Israeli regime has not even no longer tried to cover up this ideology of Jewish supremacy.
The principle of Israel "nation state of the Jewish people" was enshrined in law.
Israel is working to Judaize entire swathes of land by confiscating Palestinian land.
And it reveals Israel's true intentions, namely, to keep Palestinian territory and the Palestinians under its control
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600,000 Israeli settlers now live in the occupied West Bank.
This Monday, January 11, Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu ordered the construction of 800 new housing units in the settlements in Palestinian territory.
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To read:
the report of the NGO B'Tselem
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