US EditionUN Accuses Israel of West Bank 'Apartheid'
The UN report finds Israel enforces separate laws for settlers and Palestinians, with over 500,000 settlers in the West Bank and rising settler violence, urging an end to occupation.
- On Jan 7, 2026, the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights released a report accusing the State of Israel of decades-long discrimination in the occupied West Bank amounting to apartheid and urged dismantling settlements and respecting Palestinian self-determination.
- Israeli authorities apply two separate legal systems for settlers and Palestinians, with settlement expansion and 19 new settlements approved last month intensifying conditions worsened since December 2022 and October 7, 2023.
- More than 500,000 Israelis live in West Bank settlements alongside an estimated 3.3 million Palestinians, with nearly 21,000 Palestinians arrested and over 1,000 killed since the war began.
- For the first time, a U.N. rights chief used the term 'apartheid' for Israeli policies, saying this violates the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, while Israel's diplomatic mission in Geneva rejected the report, citing security concerns.
- Volker Türk warned `There is a systematic asphyxiation of the rights of Palestinians in the West Bank`, noted thousands of evicted Palestinians may face unlawful transfer, and urged repeal of discriminatory laws Wednesday.
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Uno Human Rights Commissioner Türk points out that "a particularly serious form of racial discrimination and segregation". Israel rejects criticism as absurd and distorted.
Israel rejects criticism as absurd and distorted.
Genocide in Gaza, Apartheid in the Palestinian West Bank: UN Report
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The UN Office of Human Rights, headed by Volker Türk, on Wednesday issued an extensive report on the Israeli military occupation of the Palestinian West Bank in which it for the first time described Israeli policies there as Apartheid. The executive summary says, “The report warns that Israel is violating international law requiring States to prohibit and eradicate racial segregation and apartheid.” Türk told the U…
In a report, the UN Human Rights Bureau accuses Israel of discrimination against Palestinians. Human Rights Commissioner Türk spoke of similarities to the "apartheid system". Israel rejects the accusations.
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