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January 12, 2021

B'Tselem Blasts "Apartheid Regime" as Israel Greenlights Construction of More Illegal Settlements
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the construction
of some 800 homes for Israeli settlers in the West Bank. Palestinian
authorities have accused Israel of "racing against time" to build
illegal settlements before President Trump leaves office next week. In
2019, the Trump administration said Israeli settlements in Palestine
didn't violate international law - despite a 2016 U.N. resolution
declaring them a "flagrant violation."

This comes as leading Israeli human rights group B'Tselem is denouncing
Israel's control of Palestinian territories as a single "apartheid
regime" that violently perpetuates the supremacy of Israelis over
Palestinians. In a statement, the group says, "Israel is not a democracy
that has a temporary occupation attached to it: it is one regime between
the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, and we must look at the full
picture and see it for what it is: apartheid."


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