Amnesty Accuses Israel Of Apartheid, Is Labeled Anti-Semitic In Return

Amnesty International is the latest human rights group to accuse Israel of its racist policies against Palestine, which Israel denounced as anti-Semitic.

The nearly 300-page Amnesty report, released on Tuesday, details “inhuman or inhuman acts, including forced displacement, administrative detention, torture, unlawful murder and slander, denial of fundamental rights and freedoms or persecution of the Palestinian population.

” I did. To create an institutionalized system of systematic oppression and domination of Palestine. "Amnesty International has concluded that the State of Israel views and treats the Palestinians as an inferior non-Jewish racial group," the report said.

Like two recent reports on the same issue by Israeli human rights group B'Tselem and New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW), the Amnesty report later examines Israeli policy in two Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories. 1967, however, was not officially annexed and was not located in Israel.

The report stated that "Israel has pursued a clear policy of establishing and maintaining Jewish demographic hegemony and maximizing control over land for the benefit of Jewish Israelis since its founding in 1948."

Even before the report was officially published, Israel was accused of being "false and partial". In an online briefing with reporters before the release of the report, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Lior Hayat said Amnesty was "using double standards and demonization to legitimize the existence of the Jewish homeland of Israel."

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a separate statement that "modern anti-Semitism is constructed from these elements." This response is reflected in a joint statement by several Jewish groups in the United States on Sunday, including the American Israel Israel Public Affairs Committee and the Anti-Defamation League.

It seeks to undermine the only Jewish state on earth while depreciating and downplaying the horrendous suffering caused as a result of South Africa's apartheid policy."

The term "apartheid" was used between 1948 and 1994 to describe racial segregation and It originated in South Africa, where a "separate development" system was the official policy pass and ID system that controlled where non-whites could travel and work Israel has always rejected a policy of racism with South Africa Part of the Occupation Even strict Israeli critics argue that discrimination against Palestine does not constitute willful or institutional racism and is the result of genuine fears of security.

Conflicts over these horses, and efforts to secure them, are increasingly characterizing perceptions of conflict both within and outside the region. Although the Israeli government's response to the B'Tselem and HRW reports before was critical, Hayat acknowledged concerns that apartheid policies were escalating, urging a more aggressive approach this time around.

"Of course, I'm afraid people will believe this false accusation," said Hyatt. He first pointed to the current Israeli government, which included Arab legislators, as evidence of what he called Israel's inclusive democracy.

However, many Palestinian activists believe these arguments are no longer valid and are seeing public opinion turn in their favor. They note that last year, protests in the United States and around the world took place in East Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah district to support Palestinian families facing deportation threats.

"The world is concluding that the level of freedom and rights of those who live on land between rivers and seas are determined by their ethnic identity." - Salem Barahmeh, Director General of the Institute of Palestinian Opinion in Ramallah.

This was reported to CNN by a diplomat. The accusations of anti-Semitism by Israeli defenders have also sparked heated debate. Although research findings clearly show that anti-Semitism is on the rise worldwide, many believe the term is being misused and devalued.

Former Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, denounced anti-Semitism by posting pictures of actress Emma Watson's recent pro-Palestinian protests on the Internet with the words "Solidarity is a verb".

After that, he was ridiculed MSNBC host and former CNN reporter Ayman Mohieldin tweeted: "Honestly, we are at a stage where posting vague images of Palestinian solidarity on Instagram could cause us to be branded anti-Semitic.

But apartheid on the international diplomatic level There are still few signs that the fight over the tag is having a major impact. On Monday, the United States opposed the characterization of Israel in an Amnesty report.

Before reading the report, US State Department spokeswoman Ned Price said at a State Department briefing that the description of Israel as an apartheid state "is not and will never be the language of ours." Price added that he would not comment further until the administration had a chance to read the full report.

The report also coincided with the Israeli head of state's first visit to the UAE, highlighting Israel's recent diplomatic achievements. President Isaac Herzog's two-day visit to the UAE did not mention any discussion of the Israeli-