Rights Groups Implored EU Leaders to Denounce Israeli Apartheid at Summit

'Israel is committing the crime of apartheid against Palestinians,' says AmnestyEU director evegeddie. 'This is a crime against humanity requiring the E.U. to hold Israel's leaders to account.'

reporter who was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers while covering a military raid in the occupied West Bank.

"Impunity for war crimes and crimes against humanity including apartheid is pervasive, and the E.U. and its member states have a responsibility to bring it to an end," says the letter.Carrying on with business as usual while the Israeli authorities escalate their crackdown on Palestinian human rights and further entrench a cruel system of oppression and domination, would embolden not just the Israeli authorities, but rights-abusing governments across the globe.

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