"UN rapporteur on target:
"Human rights of Palestinians must be addressed"
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
JURIST (University of Pittsburgh School of Law; Pennsylvania)
On the Web at:
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/hotline/2007/10/un-report-on-target-human-rights-in.php
Jessica Montell [Executive Director, B'Tselem: The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories]:
"Much of Professor Dugard's report simply reiterates what B'Tselem has documented extensively over the past several years: in many spheres the human rights situation for Palestinians in the Occupied Territories has deteriorated.
"This is patently clear in the Gaza Strip, where 1.5 million people are trapped in a virtual prison, in crushing poverty and no possibility of development, given the siege imposed by Israel. It is also clear in the West Bank, where Palestinian movement has also become a privilege rather than a basic right, and two parallel and discriminatory legal systems govern Palestinians and settlers living side by side."
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