"For decades now, the Palestinian people have been the target of Israeli policies aiming at displacing and replacing them on their own land. Palestine refugees constitute the largest and the most protracted refugee situation in the world and the Palestinian people continue to endure the longest occupation in contemporary history."
Settlements and their associated regime have by design fragmented the Palestinian territory with major Palestinian population centers surrounded by settlements that control the land and the resources, he noted.
For Palestinians, the colonialism has disrupted their daily lives and is a constant infringement on the exercise of their inalienable rights, including the right to self-determination, he said.
Violence against Palestinians, coupled with a dual system of institutionalized discrimination, is reminiscent of apartheid, said al-Maliki.
"Some try to display outrage at our use of the word apartheid. Please be offended by the policy, not the word. Ask the leaders of the anti-apartheid movement and they will tell you that the apartheid they defeated in South Africa and in Namibia is today prevailing in Palestine and must be stopped."
There can be no justification for colonialism or apartheid -- not security, not religion, not historical alliances and common interests. History has settled this debate forever. And Israeli exceptionalism in this regard would be a terrible signal at the worst time, he said.
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