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Palestinian human rights organization Al-Haq, along with a coalition of other leading Palestinian civil society organizations, has released a new landmark report on Israeli apartheid, titled ‘Israeli Apartheid: Tool of Zionist Settler Colonialism’.

The new report explores apartheid as a “structural element of furthering Zionist settler colonialism” – a framework previously overlooked by international and Israeli human rights organizations in their own reports on Israeli apartheid. 

Anton Abu Akleh standing outside the offices of the International Criminal Court seated in The Hague, Netherlands, September 20, 2022. (Photo: David Kattenburg)

New analysis by Forensic Architecture and Al Haq shows Shireen Abu Akleh was “deliberately and repeatedly targeted” by an Israeli military sniper taking “precise and careful aim.” These findings were disclosed today following the submission of a complaint to the ICC by lawyers for the family of Abu Akleh and two Palestinian journalists standing beside her that day.

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh meets with leaders of the Palestinian NGOs raided by Israeli forces in the West Bank city of Ramallah on August 18, 2022. (Photo: Shadi Hatem/APA Images)

Israeli forces raided the offices of seven Palestinian civil society organizations, confiscated their equipment and materials, and shuttered their offices, claiming they were “unlawful”. The raids are the latest escalation since Israel arbitrarily designated six of the organizations as “terror groups” last year. Defense for Children International – Palestine director Khaled Quzmar tells Mondoweiss the message is clear: “We are under imminent risk now.”

Palestinians take part in a protest against the Israeli decision to declare six Palestinian human rights groups as "terror organizations", in Gaza City on November 10, 2021. (Photo: Mahmoud Nasser/APA Images)

I work for one of the leading Palestinian human rights organizations, Al-Haq, which was recently declared a “terrorist organization” by the Israeli regime along with five prominent civil society organizations in Palestine. Friends and acquaintances keep asking me how it feels to be a member of a “terrorist organization”. I always respond by saying: it seems like we’re doing something right.