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Human Rights Watch Criticizes Israel’s Policy in Occupied West Bank

HeadlineDec 20, 2010

A new report from Human Rights Watch has accused Israel of harshly discriminating against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank while pouring funds into Jewish settlements. Carroll Bogert of Human Rights Watch said Israel was carrying out “systematic discrimination merely because of (Palestinians’) race, ethnicity and national origin, depriving them of electricity, water, schools and access to roads.” The Human Rights Watch report is titled “Separate and Unequal.”

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