Jan. 7 (UPI) -- A new U.N. report says Israel has violated international law by discriminating against Palestinians in the West Bank since occupying the territory after the Six-Day War in 1967.
The U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights released the report on Wednesday and said it "details the asphyxiating impact of Israel's laws, policies and practices on every aspect of daily life for Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem."
Israel's policies in the West Bank run counter to international law that bans states from engaging in racial segregation and "apartheid" policies, according to the report.
"Israeli authorities treat Israeli settlers and Palestinians residing in the West Bank under two distinct bodies of law and policies, resulting in unequal treatment on a range of critical issues, including movement and access to resources such as land and water," the report says.
"Palestinians continue to be subjected to large-scale confiscation of land and deprivation of access to resources. This has had the effect of dispossessing them of their lands and homes, alongside other forms of systemic discrimination, including criminal prosecution in military courts during which their due process and fair trial rights are systematically violated."
