A new UN report should strengthen the global consensus against Israeli policy

A new UN report should strengthen the global consensus against Israeli policy

Apartheid is a powerful word, with evocations of the South African experience and with implications of crimes against humanity. The United Nations does not use this word loosely. It rarely enters UN reports, and is not heard from the lips of UN officials. But now, in a report released on March 15 in Beirut, Lebanon, the UN has proclaimed that Israel ‘is guilty of the crime of apartheid’. This is a very significant judgment, one with important ramifications for the UN, for the International Court of Justice and for the international community. http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/crimes-of-apartheid/article17468143.ece?homepage=true&utm_source=Articles&utm_campaign=c61b975938-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_03_15&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9fbe436b65-c61b975938-83961865