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Almost all responses by Israeli officials & their supporters to @hrw apartheid/persecution report have tried to change the topic, often by name calling. Almost none have engaged on merits. A thread laying out our largely unchallenged apartheid finding. 1/6 hrw.org/news/2021/04/2…
Legal treatises, including the Rome Statute to @IntlCrimCourt, identify apartheid as a crime against humanity consisting of three elements: (1) an intent by one group to dominate another; (2) systematic oppression by dominant group over marginalized one; & (3) inhumane acts. 2/6 
First, @hrw documented an intent by Israeli authorities to maintain the domination by Jewish Israelis over Palestinians across Israel & occupied territory (OPT), using their control over land & demographics to pursue a policy in effect of "maximum land, minimal Palestinians." 3/6
Before the world ends apartheid, it first has to name it, and this rigorous 200+ page report by @HRW has done so in a way that is impossible to refute. A historic document, representing a major shift by the world's leading human rights organization. 1/9
.@HRW found that Israel's "policy is to maintain the domination by Jewish Israelis over Palestinians across Israel and the occupied territory." 2/9
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.@HRW: In the West Bank, Israeli apartheid includes "severe repression" and "the imposition of draconian military rule on Palestinians while affording Jewish Israelis living in a segregated manner in the same territory their full rights under Israel’s rights-respecting civil law"
Breaking: @hrw finds that Israeli authorities are committing crimes against humanity of apartheid & persecution. Thread w findings in 213pg report on Israel's rule of Palestinians. Time to recognize reality for what it is, find #Courage2FightApartheid 1/27 hrw.org/news/2021/04/2…
While coined in relation to South Africa, legal treatises recognize apartheid as a universal legal term. Apartheid is prohibited as a matter of customary international law & is also a crime against humanity consisting of three primary elements. 2/27
The related crime against humanity of persecution consists of (1) a discriminatory intent, when leading to (2) severe deprivation of fundamental rights of a racial, ethnic or other group. 3/27
