Mary Robinson and Ban Ki-moon said the situation meets the international legal definition of apartheid after visiting the West Bank.
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- Mary Robinson and Ban Ki-moon said the situation meets the international legal definition of apartheid after visiting the West Bank.
Earlier this year, the former Irish president Mary Robinson and the former UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon – representatives of The Elders group of global leaders founded by Nelson Mandela in 2007 – spoke about the “ever-growing evidence that the situation meets the international legal definition of apartheid” after visiting the West Bank.
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Origin: extracted from The most succinct and clear argument that Israel is an apartheid, from Tamir Pardo, former head of the Mossad, appointed by Bibi Netanyahu. · 2026-09-06 20:05