Human Rights Reports
South African Government Report
In 2009, a carefully documented 302-page report on the occupied Palestinian territories was commissioned by the South African government from an international group of legal scholars. An excellent summary is available for download here.
2009
UN ESCWA Report
In 2017, a 74-page report was commissioned by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA): “Israeli Practices towards the Palestinian People and the Question of Apartheid.” It concludes that Israel has established an apartheid system of domination in violation of international law. The report can be downloaded here.
2017
2020
2021
2021
2021
2022
2022
2022
2022
Yesh Din Report
In 2020, the Israeli human rights organization Yesh Din published a 58-page legal opinion titled: “The Occupation of the West Bank and the Crime of Apartheid” detailing what it called a “gargantuan colonization project” instituted by Israel against the Palestinian people. The full report can be downloaded here and a summary can be found here.
B’Tselem Report
In January 2021, a strong indictment of the Israeli government was issued by B’Tselem, Israel’s main human rights center. The report, “A regime of Jewish supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea: This Is Apartheid” Can be viewed here. Other reports by B'Tselem can be found here.
Human Rights Watch Report
In April 2021, another extensively documented report was issued by Human Rights Watch, titled “A Threshold Crossed: Israeli Authorities and the Crimes of Apartheid and Persecution.” The 200+ page report outlines in detail the systematic discrimination, land confiscation, and abusive policies carried out by Israel. The full report and a summary can be found here.
Human Rights Watch Investigation
In May 2021, Israel unleashed hundreds of airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, killing 232 people and destroying among other things four high rise buildings in which Gazans lived and worked. Human Rights Watch issued a report suggesting that these attacks were war crimes, and showing that Israel failed to prove any of its claims that served as a pretext for these bombings.
Amnesty International Report
In February 2022, a powerful and comprehensive report was published by Amnesty International, the global leader in human rights advocacy, titled: “Israel’s Apartheid Against Palestinians.” The report’s summary states that “Governments who continue to supply Israel with arms and shield it from accountability at the UN are supporting a system of apartheid, undermining the international legal order, and exacerbating the suffering of the Palestinian people.” The full report can be found here.
Harvard Law School + Adameer Report
In February 2022, Harvard Law School's International Human Rights Clinic and Adameer, a Palestinian human rights group, issued a joint report entitled “Apartheid in the Occupied West Bank: A Legal Analysis of Israel’s Actions.” The extensively footnoted report allows the reader to explore sources leading to its conclusions. The report can be found here.
UN Special Rapporteur Report
In March 2022, the Special Rapporteur to the United Nations on the Situation of Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories submitted a thoroughly documented report which concluded that "Israel has imposed upon Palestine an apartheid reality in a post-apartheid world." You can read the full report here.
UN OCHA Data Report
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has issued a report showing Palestinian and Israeli casualties from the conflict between 2008 and 2022. You can review the data, here.