Netherlands should recognize apartheid in Israel: Human Rights Watch
NL TimesThe Netherlands can set an example for other countries by recognizing that a system of apartheid exists in Israel, said Omar Shakir, Israel and Palestine Director at Human Rights Watch, during an interview with NU.nl. The HRW director said that "apartheid" is the correct term because, "The Israeli policy in the occupied areas is specifically targeted to place one group of people above another, while both population groups in the region are equal in size. In May it said that many experts on the issue believe the HRW argument is “unfounded and one-sided, and does not do justice to the great complexity of the conflict.” When posters were put up across Rotterdam accusing Israel of apartheid, CIDI responded with its own campaign. Shakir said the Netherlands also does not have to wait for the European Union to make the first step by classifying the treatment of Palestinians as apartheid.
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