It states categorically that the Military Occupying force is applying discriminatory practices in the West Bank:
Israel is preventing Palestinian development in parts of the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem while pouring funding into Jewish settlements, the Human Rights Watch group said on Sunday.
Its 166-page report released by HRW focused on Israeli policies in areas of the West Bank where the Palestinian Authority does not hold any sway under interim peace deals and in East Jerusalem, annexed to Israel after its capture in a 1967 war.
"Israeli policies in the West Bank harshly discriminate against Palestinian residents, depriving them of basic necessities while providing lavish amenities for Jewish settlements," the New York-based organization said.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-d ... t-1.331484
I've noticed how the main media hardly ever describes the military occupation of the West Bank as a 'military occupation' (nor does it describe the colonies as colonies, but rather as the Israelis would have it - as 'settlements'). Interesting that.
No one denies that it is a military occupation (with a straight face) - but it's just not said much in public.
Cheers,
Shafique
