UN: ’Israel’ Guilty of Apartheid

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The United Nations' "human rights expert", Richard Falk, accused "Israel" of carrying out policies which "amount to apartheid" in the West Bank and Gaza, Reuters reported on Monday.

The news agency presented excerpts from Falk's final report to the UN Human Rights Council [UNHRC] before he steps down serving the maximum term of six years as a UN expert.
The UN Watch NGO reported last week that in the same report, Falk accused "Israel" of "inhuman acts" and calls on the world body to support a "legitimacy war" against the Zionist entity.

He further accused "Israel" of a "systematic oppression of the Palestinian people and de facto expropriation of their land".
"The Palestinian Arabs' rights are being violated by "Israel's" prolonged "occupation of Palestinian territory and ethnic cleansing of eastern al-Quds," the UN official said.
Moreover, he mentioned: "Gaza, despite the disengagement of "Israel" in 2005, remains occupied under an unlawful "Israeli" blockade that controls borders, airspace and coastal waters, and especially hurts farmers and fishermen."

Falk also stated in his reports that UN member states should consider imposing a ban on imports of produce from "Israeli" settlements in the West Bank.
In a section entitled "acts potentially amounting to segregation and apartheid", he analyzed "Israeli" policies, including "continuing excessive use of force by Israeli security forces" and unlawful killings that he said are "part of acts carried out in order to maintain dominance over Palestinians."

"It seems incontestable that "Israeli" measures do divide the population of the Occupied Palestinian Territory along racial lines, create separate reserves for Palestinians and expropriate their land," Falk wrote.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team