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Rights group determines Israel already upholding apartheid system in West Bank
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe Yesh Din rights group has issued a legal opinion determining that regardless of whether the government moves forward with plans to annex large parts of the West Bank, it is already upholding a system of apartheid beyond the Green Line.
“The Israeli military regime in the West Bank as it stands today is intended to preserve the supremacy of one population group over another, and that this constitutes the crime of apartheid which, under international criminal law, is classified as a crime against humanity,” Yesh Din legal adviser Michael Sfard determines in the legal opinion.
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