Amnesty International under fire for accusing Israel of apartheid

Amnesty has received widespread condemnation for their accusation that Israel is an “apartheid state”
Amnesty has received widespread condemnation for their accusation that Israel is an “apartheid state”
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Legal figures and MPs have called for a Charity Commission probe into Amnesty International after its report accused Israel of being an “apartheid state”.

In the report, Amnesty international said that Israeli laws, policies and practices against Palestinians in Israel and the occupied territories amounted to apartheid.

The report alleges that the state of Israel maintains “an institutionalised regime of oppression and domination of the Palestinian population for the benefit of Jewish Israelis”. The report repeatedly says that the Jewish state is guilty of human rights breaches.

Israel said they completely reject the allegation
Israel said they completely reject the allegation
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Apartheid is considered a crime against humanity under international law. Israel says that it “absolutely rejects all the false allegations”.

Critics say that the claims in the report are a clear breach of the widely recognised International Holocaust