UN Report: Israel Creating "Apartheid" in West Bank
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A new United Nations report accuses Israel of creating an "apartheid" reality in the occupied West Bank. It says the situation has sharply declined since October 7, 2023.
The report describes an "unprecedented deterioration of the human rights situation." It criticizes Israel for what it calls an intensified "repression of civil society."
The term "apartheid" refers to a system of severe racial segregation and discrimination. The UN uses it here to describe different legal and social treatment for Palestinians and Israeli settlers.