Amnesty International in its report has called Israel an apartheid state in terms of its laws, policies and practices against Palestinians.

The report said that the Israeli state maintains an institutionalized regime of oppression and domination of the Palestinian population for the benefit of Jewish Israelis.

Meanwhile, the Palestinian foreign ministry welcomed the report, saying it was a "detailed affirmation of the cruel reality of entrenched racism, exclusion, oppression, colonialism, apartheid, and attempted erasure that the Palestinian people have endured.