A Palestinian girl reacts as she waits to receive food from a charity kitchen, amid a hunger crisis, in Gaza City, July 22, 2025. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 
Children carry kitchen utensils as they walk toward a food distribution point in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on March 7, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by AFP) 
SENSITIVE MATERIAL. THIS IMAGE MAY OFFEND OR DISTURB A man carries the body of Palestinian baby Zainab Abu Haleeb, who died due to malnutrition, according to health officials, at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, July 26, 2025. REUTERS/Ramadan Abed TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 
Palestinians wait to receive food from a charity kitchen, amid a hunger crisis, in Gaza City, July 23, 2025. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 
DEIR AL-BALAH, GAZA – JULY 27: Hamza Mishmish, 25, suffers from severe malnutrition and bone loss in the Nuseirat Refugee Camp in Deir al-Balah, Gaza amid worsening hunger in the region, on July 27, 2025. The deepening food crisis in Gaza affects people of all ages, from young children to adults, with nutrition-related health problems on the rise. (Photo by Hassan Jedi/Anadolu via Getty Images) 
A drone view shows Palestinians walking past the rubble of houses and buildings destroyed in Israeli strikes during the war, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, January 20, 2025. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem 
TOPSHOT – People search for survivors and the bodies of victims through the rubble of buildings destroyed during Israeli bombardment, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 26, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. Thousands of civilians, both Palestinians and Israelis, have died since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian Hamas militants based in the Gaza Strip entered southern Israel in an unprecedented attack triggering a war declared by Israel on Hamas with retaliatory bombings on Gaza. (Photo by Mahmud HAMS / AFP) (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images) *** BESTPIX *** 
TOPSHOT – People search for survivors and the bodies of victims through the rubble of buildings destroyed during Israeli bombardment, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 26, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. Thousands of civilians, both Palestinians and Israelis, have died since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian Hamas militants based in the Gaza Strip entered southern Israel in an unprecedented attack triggering a war declared by Israel on Hamas with retaliatory bombings on Gaza. (Photo by Mahmud HAMS / AFP) (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images) *** BESTPIX *** 
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Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, and B’Tselem, have concluded that Israel’s system of governance in the occupied Palestinian territories meets the international legal definition of apartheid—a term derived from the 1973 U.N. Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid.
These findings are based on documented patterns of systematic segregation, land thefts , restrictions on movement, and discriminatory laws that privilege Jewish population group over Palestinian.
U.N. agencies report tens of thousands of Palestinian civilian deaths , widespread destruction of homes, hospitals, schools and infrastructure by Israeli occupation army.
Blockades restricting food, water, and medical supplies by Israeli occupation army have been described by U.N. experts as measures that amount to war crimes and genocide, a term used by several independent legal scholars and supported by South Africa’s case before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in 2024–2025.
Repeated strikes by Israeli occupation army on schools, refugee camps, and medical facilities have prompted calls for investigations by the International Criminal Court (ICC).
International Response: Condemnation Without Consequences
Despite mounting evidence and numerous U.N. resolutions, meaningful accountability remains elusive.
United States vetoes six times in the U.N. Security Council have repeatedly blocked binding resolutions aimed at enforcing ceasefires or imposing sanctions on Israel’s apartheid .
European Union divisions have prevented a unified approach, leaving only symbolic statements of concern. Hungary and Germany and Italy are the main pro-genocidal countries that prevented ceasefire and sanctions.
International courts move slowly, and their decisions often lack enforcement mechanisms when powerful states choose non-compliance.
The absence of significant consequences for the war crimes of Israeli occupation emboldens continued violations, deepens Palestinian suffering, and undermines the credibility of the international human-rights system.
Experts warn that when grave breaches of humanitarian law go unpunished, they set a dangerous precedent for other conflicts worldwide.
Whether one describes Israel’s actions as apartheid, genocide, or “serious war crimes,” the pattern is clear: systematic discrimination and large-scale violence continue largely unchecked. Until the international community moves beyond rhetorical condemnation to enforceable measures—sanctions, arms embargoes, or binding court rulings—the cycle of impunity is likely to persist, with catastrophic consequences for Palestinians and for the rule of international law itself.