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New UN report accuses Israel of enforcing apartheid
UN special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories' report prompts fresh calls for Britain to cease trade with illegal settlements
Palestinian mourners carry the body of Nader Rayan, 16, who was killed by Israeli forces during a raid at Balata refugee camp during his funeral in the Balata refugee camp near the West Bank city of Nablus, Tuesday, March 15, 2022

A UN rights expert has accused Israel of enforcing apartheid in a landmark report that has prompted fresh calls for the British government to cease trade with illegal settlements. 

The damning report by the UN’s special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, Michael Lynk, was submitted to the Human Rights Council earlier this week. 

“With the eyes of the international community wide open, Israel has imposed upon Palestine an apartheid reality in a post-apartheid world,” he declares. 

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