What is Apartheid? In 1973, the UN General Assembly adopted the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid, a crime against humanity. The word ‘Apartheid’ means separation.‘Apartheid’ is defined by the UN as*“…a system of institutionalized racial segregation and discrimination for the purpose of establishing and maintaining domination by one racial group … over another … and systematically oppressing them…”*by creating ghettos, land confiscation, bans on freedom of movement, speech assemblies and mixed marriages, illegal arrest and detention.For example:In the West Bank, Palestinians are prohibited from using the extensive network of settler-only highways that connect the illegal Israeli settlements to Israel. Israelis face no road restrictions.Palestinians are under military law and face a constant threat of detention without charge. Israelis are under civilian law.*So Israeli settlements can expand, over 17,000 Palestinian houses have been demolished,creating thousands of homeless families. Israelis face no confiscation of land.
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"Two Systems: Separate and Unequal
Palestinians are under Military Law and face the constant
threat of arrest and detention without charge and can be held
indefinitely. They have no right to representation or trial.
Israelisliving in illegal settlements on Palestinian land have
all the privileges of IsraeliCivil Law. As citizens of Israel,
they can vote, seek redress in court, and have freedom of
speech and assembly.
"•2Palestinian villages and towns face collective punishment
in the form of bulldozing of family houses, extended 24
hour curfews, closures, military raids, violence and
harassment. Israeli settlers face no such collective
punishment.
"3•Palestinian land ownership (agricultural and residential) is
subject to military and economicconfiscation. The purpose
is to establish Jewish only settlements, take water resources
and confine the Palestinian population into smaller and
smaller cantons. Israelisfaceno land confiscation.
"4. Israel has deprived
millions of Palestinians of their
liberty and property. It has
perpetuated a system of gross
racial discrimination and
inequality. It has systematically
incarcerated and tortured
thousands of Palestinians,
contrary to the rules of
international law. It has, in
particular, waged a war against a
civilian population, in particular
children.” 6