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2023-05-04 01:26:44 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 7A81E5BD7C258A714A07BDD36D77AF88441344F38447206E83EF07500FC2A3A3
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The situation in Israel has been described as "apartheid" by international human rights organizations. United Nations https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2022/03/israels-55-year-occupation-palestinian-territory-apartheid-un-human-rights https://www.ohchr.org/en/special-procedures/sr-palestine/prof-s-michael-lynk-special-rapporteur-situation-human-rights-palestinian-territory-occupied-1967 https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/03/1114702 Amnesty International https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde15/5141/2022/en/ https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/02/israels-apartheid-against-palestinians-a-cruel-system-of-domination-and-a-crime-against-humanity/ https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2022/02/israels-system-of-apartheid/ Human Rights Watch https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/04/27/abusive-israeli-policies-constitute-crimes-apartheid-persecution https://www.hrw.org/report/2021/04/27/threshold-crossed/israeli-authorities-and-crimes-apartheid-and-persecution https://www.hrw.org/about/about-us "The Nakba" refers to the displacement of Palestinian Arabs when Israel was established https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakba https://www.un.org/unispal/nakba75/ https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2017/5/23/the-nakba-did-not-start-or-end-in-1948 https://apnews.com/article/73ef18457bc84e8491e0f7ee84c34bf9 https://www.timesofisrael.com/un-general-assembly-votes-in-favor-of-commemorating-palestinian-nakba https://www.vox.com/2018/11/20/18080030/israel-palestine-nakba
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