Israel’s apartheid rule over Palestine: International human rights violations
Since 1948, Israel has been subjecting Palestine to apartheid rule and this should be seen as an international human rights violation.
Maya Garner, a humanitarian activist of non-profit organisation Friends of Hebron from Denmark, shared her experience of witnessing the largest apartheid rule in the world.
"I came to Palestine when I was very young, when I was only 19 years old. I witnessed the worst human rights violations.
"During that time, I was touring with a group, and they were bringing media equipment for documentation purposes. I was witnessing the Israeli soldiers destroying the media equipment," she told Sinar Daily.
As an activist on the ground, she said that she witnessed the situation of human rights violations every single day without any exception.
Maya further added that Hebron was a beautiful old city in Palestine, in terms of the architecture, and is one of the oldest cities in the world.
"However, Israelis are oppressing the city. They are closing down all the streets; they are closing a hundred shops," Maya, who is one of the speakers at the International Conference on Palestine Kuala Lumpur (ICPKL), which was held at the Royal Chulan Hotel in Seremban for three days from Feb 10.
She added that there are 22 military checkpoints within a one-kilometer square, so the social spaces are getting smaller.
"The Israeli settlers can use private cars, but the Palestinians can't. Apartheid is visible.You can see the separated streets for the Palestinians and Israelis," she stressed.
"You can also see the separate public restrooms for Muslims and Jews."
Maya said that Israelis have not only rules for social life, but also for education.
"For education, I was witnessing very young children needing to pass many military points just because they wanted to go to school.
"To be more sad, the Israeli military doesn't seem to have any problem arresting kids. Schools in that area are one of the primary targets of Israeli soldiers."
