EP12 - Quds Day & Apartheid

There is overwhelming evidence that the system instituted by the Israeli government against the Palestinian people meets the UN definition of Apartheid. In effect, Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory constitute one territorial unit under full Israeli control.Israel carries out various acts that are prohibited by the UN Apartheid Convention including:●    Forcible transfer of Palestinians to make way for illegal Israeli settlements.●    Preventing Palestinians from returning to their homes and lands.●    Systematic and severe deprivation of fundamental human rights of Palestinians based on their identity.●    Denying Palestinians their right to freedom of movement and residence.●    Murder, torture, unlawful imprisonment and other severe deprivation of physical liberty, especially of Palestinians living in Gaza.●    Persecution of Palestinians because of their opposition to Apartheid.