Thread by @OmarSShakir

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

Second, @hrw found that Israeli authorities pursuant to this intent have erected two-tiered system across Israel & OPT, methodologically privileging Jewish Israelis & discriminating to varying degrees against Palestinians. The means used in OPT amount to systematic oppression 4/6

Third Israeli authorities have carried out many abuses against Palestinians. @hrw determined that certain abuses in OPT (sweeping movement restrictions, mass land confiscation, forcible transfer, denial of residency rights & suspension of civil rights) amount to inhumane acts 5/6

To put it simply, @hrw’s apartheid finding is based on (1) a policy pursued by Israeli authorities across Israel & OPT to maintain domination by Jewish Israelis over Palestinians & (2) severe repression carried out against Palestinians living in OPT #courage2fightapartheid 6/6