The understanding that Israel is operating as an apartheid state, whereby Palestinian citizens are systematically discriminated against and oppressed has been growing. But there still exists a fierce resistance to asserting this on mainstream media platforms.
This is likely to change, however, as Amnesty International has this week declared that Israel is indeed running an apartheid system.
Released on 1 February, the human rights organisation's Israel's Apartheid Against Palestinians: Cruel System of Domination and Crime Against Humanity report outlines why the Israeli system of governance warrants this distinction, basing this on 280 pages of evidence.
“Palestinians have been calling for an understanding of Israel's rule as apartheid for over two decades and have been at the forefront of advocacy in that regard at the UN,” the report reads.
