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In an article published in the Financial Times on Tuesday, Ban said international policies towards Israel-Palestine must "recognise the fundamental asymmetry between the parties".<\/span>
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"This is not a conflict between equals that can be resolved through bilateral negotiations, confidence-building measures or mutual sequencing of steps - the traditional conflict-resolution tools," he wrote.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Instead, Ban argued, the conflict is between a powerful force, Israel, controlling Palestinians through "open-ended occupation".<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Ban, a South Korean diplomat who served as UN secretary general from 2007 to the end of 2016, said it has become clear that Israel seeks to make its occupation of the Palestinian territories and "structural domination" of the Palestinian people permanent.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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"This gives the dual legal regimes imposed in Palestinian territories by Israel - together with the inhumane and abusive acts that are carried out against Palestinians - new significance, resulting in a situation that arguably constitutes apartheid," he wrote.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Ban's statement comes weeks after Human Rights Watch also accused Israel of practising apartheid against Palestinians - a governing system that ensures the domination by one racial group over another through systemic oppression.<\/span>
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Israeli human rights groups B'Tselem had also come to the same assessment in a report published in January.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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