You talked about systematic racial discrimination … a UN committee unanimously endorses a complaint against Israel’s violations of the Palestinians’ rights

Today, Friday, a UN committee approved unanimously a Palestinian complaint against Tel Aviv and its violations against the Palestinian people, despite Israeli attempts to obstruct it.

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry said that the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination unanimously adopted a decision affirming “acceptance of a complaint submitted by the State of Palestine against Israel, the occupying Power.” Read also Pictures of the pain of the families of Palestinian prisoners win an international award Samoud and Asim … a meeting of Palestinian brides for the first time without barriers After his hunger strike … the detained Palestinian journalist Alaa Al-Rimawi was taken to hospital Palestinian elections under occupation .. a priority?

She added that the complaint relates to “its (Israel) systematic violations of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, and its racist policies against the Palestinian people.”

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is made up of independent experts that monitors the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination by its state parties.

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The Palestinian Foreign Ministry stated that the UN committee’s decision concluded that “the systematic Israeli racial discrimination against the Palestinian people constitutes a public policy and an approach that must be addressed and eliminated.”

It stated that the committee confirmed that “the so-called Israeli judiciary is complicit in committing these violations, and it also serves the legitimacy of the Israeli apartheid system and the settlement system.”

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry called on the international community to “be aware of and assume its moral and legal responsibilities to end all forms of racial discrimination against the Palestinian people.”

It referred to “the failed attempts of Israel (the occupying power) to undermine and drop the complaint, and to obstruct work with the UN Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.”

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry said that by accepting the complaint and its contents, “the hope of the

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Last January, Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki said that the UN committee had accepted for the first time to consider the Palestinian complaint against Israel, regarding its racist practices in the occupied territories.

Al-Maliki stated at the time that the acceptance came after pleadings submitted by the Palestinian and Israeli sides over a period of two years. Advertising

Palestine has joined dozens of international organizations since it acquired the status of an observer member state at the United Nations in 2012, including the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid of 1973, and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination of 1967.

Two crimes against humanity

On Tuesday, Human Rights Watch accused Israel of committing “two crimes against humanity” for pursuing a policy of “apartheid, persecution” against Palestinians within the Green Line and residents of the occupied Palestinian territories.

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The human rights organization “outlines” the charges in a 213-page report, based on various sources, including “government planning documents.”

“These findings are based on the Israeli government’s comprehensive policy to maintain the domination of Jewish Israelis over the Palestinians, and the grave violations committed against Palestinians living in the occupied territories, including East Jerusalem,” Watch said.

The Palestinian presidency welcomed the report, describing it as a “strong and true international testimony” to the struggle and suffering of the Palestinian people under the Israeli occupation.

For his part, Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh said, “This report is added to previous reports and legal opinions confirming the need for the international community to fulfill its duties.”

In turn, the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) welcomed the report, which it said “confirmed the evidence that the Zionist occupation has always committed crimes against humanity through the policy of apartheid and persecution.”