Hamas welcomes South Africa, Catalonia stances against "Israel"
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Hamas comments on the recent stances by South Africa and Catalonia against Israeli crimes.
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Israeli police charging at mourners carrying the casket of slain Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in Al-Quds (AP)
Hamas released a statement, thanking South Africa and the Catalan territory's stances against "Israel's" apartheid policies.
In the statement, Hamas said it values South African FM Naledi Pandor's statements, calling for the UN to take the necessary action, as it did with apartheid South Africa.
South Africa called on the international community to act to put an end to the ongoing injustice faced by the Palestinian people and to hold "Israel" accountable for the inhumane conditions that the Palestinian people have been subjected to for 73 years.
The Catalan Parliament passed on Thursday a resolution recognizing that the Israeli occupation is committing the crime of apartheid against the Palestinian people, becoming the first European parliament to do so.
The passed resolution accused the Israeli occupation of applying a system that is "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)."
It is noteworthy that human rights group Amnesty International released in February 2022 a 211-page report - whose release "Israel" had fought against - asserting once and for all that the Israeli regime is forcing a system of apartheid on Palestinians.
Amnesty called in its report on the UN Security Council to "impose targeted sanctions, such as asset freezes, against Israeli officials most implicated in the crime of apartheid, and a comprehensive arms embargo on Israel."
Similarly, the International Human Rights Watch published a report in April 2021 confirming that "Israel" is committing crimes of apartheid.
