Germany rejects Amnesty’s description of Israel as an apartheid state

Germany says it rejects the use of the term “apartheid” to describe Israel, a day after Amnesty UK accused the Jewish state in a report of the practice.

“We reject expressions like apartheid or a one-sided focusing of criticism on Israel. That is not helpful to solving the conflict in the Middle East,” Reuters quotes Foreign Ministry spokesperson Christopher Burger as telling a news conference.

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