{"id":4964,"date":"2022-06-19T15:19:38","date_gmt":"2022-06-19T07:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/?p=4964"},"modified":"2023-07-12T14:00:05","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T06:00:05","slug":"catalonia-recognises-israel-committing-crime-of-apartheid-against-palestinians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/catalonia-recognises-israel-committing-crime-of-apartheid-against-palestinians\/","title":{"rendered":"Catalonia Recognises Israel &#8216;Committing Crime of Apartheid&#8217; against Palestinians"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4964\" class=\"elementor elementor-4964\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2d740a9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2d740a9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6981a4c\" data-id=\"6981a4c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56566bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"56566bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/01-190622-pqj8bgvkshc8bmeqlemhde70zayfdfn2vqqwojq1kg.png\" title=\"01 190622\" alt=\"01 190622\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-607f872 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"607f872\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-522d0f3\" data-id=\"522d0f3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6618257 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6618257\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><strong>Resolution calls on governments of Catalonia and Spain to hold Israel accountable.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b5ed241 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b5ed241\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-668f340\" data-id=\"668f340\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5d0a7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a5d0a7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Catalonia&#8217;s regional parliament passed a resolution on Thursday recognising\u00a0that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/countries\/israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Israel\u00a0<\/a>is committing the crime of apartheid against the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/countries\/palestine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Palestinian<\/a>\u00a0people, becoming the first European parliament to do so.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The resolution accused Israel of applying a system that is &#8220;contrary to international law and is equivalent to the crime of apartheid as defined in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, Article 7.2 (h).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a tweet celebrating the recognition, the left-wing En Comu Podem party said: &#8220;Parliament, the first European institution to recognise that Israel is committing the crime of apartheid against the Palestinian people, as noted in Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It quoted MP Susana Segovia Sanchez as saying:\u00a0&#8220;This is a historic moment. Today we call by name the violation of human rights in Palestine.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2bd4d40 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2bd4d40\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-77db10b\" data-id=\"77db10b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a82fad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a82fad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ca\" dir=\"ltr\">\u270c\ufe0f\ud83c\udffd\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf8 El Parlament, 1a instituci\u00f3 d&#39;Europa que reconeix que Israel comet el crim d&#39;apartheid contra el poble palest\u00ed, tal com apunten <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amnistiaespana?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@amnistiaespana<\/a> i <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UNHumanright?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@UNHumanright<\/a>.<br><br>\u25b6\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/susannasegovia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SusannaSegovia<\/a>: &quot;\u00c9s un moment hist\u00f2ric. Avui diem pel seu nom a la vulneraci\u00f3 de drets que es viu a Palestina&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qn5YS81AE6\">pic.twitter.com\/qn5YS81AE6<\/a><\/p>&mdash; En Com\u00fa Podem (@EnComu_Podem) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EnComu_Podem\/status\/1537435594212511748?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 16, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f4f8e55 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f4f8e55\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ec63248\" data-id=\"ec63248\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6690f5c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6690f5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The resolution, which was floored in March by leftist parties, calls on the semi-autonomous government of Catalonia and the central Spanish government to hold Israel accountable as per the recommendations by rights groups\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/israel-apartheid-state-amnesty-becomes-latest-rights-group\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amnesty International<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/israel-apartheid-palestinians-human-rights-watch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Human Rights Watch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The two leading human rights\u00a0organisations joined in February 2022 and April 2021, respectively, a number of Palestinian and Israeli rights groups in labelling Israel as an apartheid state.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Apartheid is a legal term defined by international law that refers to systematic oppression by one racial group over another.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In its report, Amnesty called on the United Nations Security Council to &#8220;impose targeted sanctions, such as asset freezes, against Israeli officials most implicated in the crime of apartheid, and a comprehensive arms embargo on Israel\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Israel vehemently rejects the charge calling Amnesty&#8217;s\u00a0280-page-report\u00a0&#8220;false, biased and antisemitic&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Despite the increasing number of rights groups labelling Israeli policies as amounting to apartheid, the United States and Israel&#8217;s other European allies have refrained from making any such declarations.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e21fe08 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e21fe08\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bd1c929\" data-id=\"bd1c929\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-affb889 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"affb889\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><em>This article is taken from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/israel-apartheid-catalonia-first-european-parliament-recognise\">Middle East Eye<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/users\/mee-staff\">MEE Staff<\/a> available in French on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/fr\/actu-et-enquetes\/palestine-catalogne-reconnait-israel-apartheid-premier-parlement-europe\">Middle East Eye French edition<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e15bba2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e15bba2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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Catalonia&#8217;s regional parliament passed a resolution on Thursday recognising\u00a0that\u00a0Israel\u00a0is committing the crime of apartheid against the\u00a0Palestinian\u00a0people, becoming the first European parliament to do so. The resolution accused Israel of applying a system that is &#8220;contrary to international law and is equivalent to the&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/catalonia-recognises-israel-committing-crime-of-apartheid-against-palestinians\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Catalonia Recognises Israel &#8216;Committing Crime of Apartheid&#8217; against Palestinians<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4965,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28,29],"tags":[128,225,45,46,39],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4964"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4964"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4999,"href":"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4964\/revisions\/4999"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}