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Do not fill this in! ====Apartheid accusations==== {{main|Israel and apartheid}} Israel's treatment of the Palestinians within the occupied territories have drawn widespread [[Israel and apartheid|accusations that it is guilty]] of [[crime of apartheid|apartheid]], a [[crime against humanity]] under the Rome Statute and the [[International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid]].<ref>{{cite journal |last=Shakir |first=Omar |date=27 April 2021 |title=A Threshold Crossed |url=https://www.hrw.org/report/2021/04/27/threshold-crossed/israeli-authorities-and-crimes-apartheid-and-persecution |journal=Human Rights Watch |access-date=6 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=27 April 2021 |title=Israel committing crimes of apartheid and persecution - HRW |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-56898864 |access-date=6 April 2023 |website=BBC News}}</ref> A 2021 survey of academic experts on the Middle East found an increase from 59% to 65% of these scholars describing Israel as a "one-state reality akin to apartheid".<ref>{{cite news |date=16 February 2021 |title=Here's how experts on the Middle East see the region's key issues, our new survey finds |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/02/16/heres-how-experts-middle-east-see-regions-key-issues-our-new-survey-finds/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=17 September 2021 |title=Academic experts believe that Middle East politics are actually getting worse |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/09/17/academic-experts-believe-that-middle-east-politics-are-actually-getting-worse/}}</ref> This claim has been affirmed by the Israeli human rights organizations [[Yesh Din]] and [[B'tselem]], along with other international human rights groups, including [[Amnesty International]] and [[Human Rights Watch]], with the criticism extending to its treatment of [[Palestinian citizens of Israel|Palestinians within Israel]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Rosenfeld|first=Arno|date=27 April 2021|title=Israel is committing 'crime of apartheid,' Human Rights Watch says|url=https://forward.com/news/468473/israel-apartheid-human-rights-watch/|access-date=15 February 2022|work=The Forward |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite news|last=Berger|first=Miriam|date=1 February 2022|title=Amnesty International, joining other human rights groups, says Israel is 'committing the crime of apartheid'|language=en-US|newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/02/01/amnesty-international-joining-other-human-rights-groups-says-israel-is-committing-crime-apartheid/|access-date=15 February 2022}}</ref> Amnesty's report was criticised by politicians and representatives from Israel and its closest allies such as, the United States,<ref>{{Cite news |title=U.S. State Department Rejects Amnesty's Apartheid Claim Against Israel |language=en |work=Haaretz |url=https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/u-s-state-department-rejects-amnesty-s-apartheid-claims-against-israel-1.10583830 |access-date=16 February 2022}}</ref> the United Kingdom,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Elgot |first=Jessica |date=2022-04-28 |title=Keir Starmer hosts Israeli Labor party in charm offensive ahead of local elections |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/apr/28/keir-starmer-hosts-israeli-labor-party-in-charm-offensive-ahead-of-local-elections |access-date=2023-10-25 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> the [[European Commission]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-20 |title=Parliamentary question E-000932/2022(ASW) {{!}} Answer given by High Representative/Vice-President Borrell i Fontelles on behalf of the European Commission |url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-9-2022-000932-ASW_EN.html |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=[[European Parliament]] |language=en}}</ref> Australia,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Andrew Tillett |date=2022-02-02 |title=PM, Labor defend Israel over apartheid claim |url=https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/pm-labor-defend-israel-over-apartheid-claim-20220202-p59t33 |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=[[Australian Financial Review]] |language=en}}</ref> Netherlands<ref>{{Cite news |title=Netherlands rejects Amnesty report accusing Israel of apartheid |work=The Jerusalem Post |url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-705664 |access-date=2 May 2022}}</ref> and Germany,<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 February 2022 |title=Germany rejects use of word 'apartheid' in connection with Israel |language=en |publisher=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/germany-rejects-use-word-apartheid-connection-with-israel-2022-02-02/ |access-date=16 February 2022}}</ref> while said accusations were welcomed by Palestinians,<ref>{{Cite news |date=1 February 2022 |title=Israeli policies against Palestinians amount to apartheid β Amnesty |language=en-GB |publisher=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-60197918 |access-date=15 February 2022}}</ref> representatives from other states,{{Which|date=January 2024}} and organizations such as the [[Arab League]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://arab.news/mggnn |title=Arab League, OIC welcome Amnesty's report on Israel's 'apartheid' against Palestinians|date=3 February 2022 |website=Arab News}}</ref> In 2022, Michael Lynk, a Canadian law professor [[United Nations Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories|appointed by the U.N. Human Rights Council]] said that the situation met the legal definition of apartheid.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kingsley |first=Patrick |date=23 March 2022 |title=U.N. Investigator Accuses Israel of Apartheid, Citing Permanence of Occupation |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/23/world/middleeast/israel-apatheid-un.html |website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> Subsequent reports from his successor, [[Francesca Albanese]] and from [[Permanent United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Israel Palestine conflict]] chair Navi Pillay echoed the opinion.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.newarab.com/news/un-report-urges-plan-end-israeli-colonialism-apartheid|title=UN report urges plan to 'end Israeli colonialism, apartheid'|website=The New Arab|date=19 October 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/un-commission-says-it-will-investigate-apartheid-charges-against-israel/|title=UN commission says it will investigate 'apartheid' charges against Israel|first=Luke|last=Tress|website=The Times of Israel |date=28 October 2022}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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