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Amnesty International Secretary General Agnes Callamard (centre right) speaks at a press conference along with Amnesty International's Saleh Hijazi (left) Philip Luther (centre), and activist Orly Noy, on the release of ‘Israel's Apartheid Against Palestinians,’ in Jerusalem, Tuesday, February 1 2022
HUMAN rights organisations in Israel have condemned “vicious attacks” on Amnesty International following its declaration that Tel Aviv’s treatment of the Palestinians amounts to apartheid.
Fourteen organisations, including B’Tselem, Breaking the Silence and Combatants for Peace, issued a joint statement today calling on the Israeli government to “stop its oppressive and discriminatory practices and its dangerous game of defamation and disinformation.”
On Tuesday, Amnesty became the latest human rights group to accuse Israel of apartheid, publishing a report detailing how Israel’s authorities have created a system of oppression and domination of the Palestinians.
Groups are urging the US government to secure the 16-year old’s release as his mental and physical health decline dramatically after nine months inside Ofer prison, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
ANSELM ELDERGILL draws attention to a legal case on Tuesday in which a human rights group is challenging the government’s decision to allow the sale of weapons used against Palestinians
