Israel is committing the crime of apartheid, rights group says

Human Rights Watch calls on international criminal court to investigate systematic discrimination' against Palestinians

Human Rights Watch has accused Israeli officials of committing the crimes of apartheid and persecution, claiming the government enforces an overarching policy to maintain the domination by Jewish Israelis over Palestinians".

In a report released on Tuesday, the New York-based advocacy group became the first major international rights body to level such allegations. It said that after decades of warnings that an entrenched hold over Palestinian life could lead to apartheid, it had found that the threshold" had been crossed.