http://www.jpost.com/Editions/2001/08/09/LatestNews/LatestNews.32246.html

Danish Red Cross: Settlers live apartheid lives

Jewish settlers in the Palestinian territories enjoy the benefits of an apartheid-like system resembling South Africa's former official policy of racism, head of the Danish Red Cross said in Copenhagen yesterday.

Freddy Karup Pedersen harshly criticized Israel's collective punishment of the Palestinian population, Agence-France Presse reported.

Pedersen slammed Israel for limiting Palestinian freedom of movement. He said the extent of the curbs was not justified by Israeli security considerations.

Pedersen described the conditions to which Israel subjects the Palestinians as "a complete lack of respect for international humanitarian rules."

The Red Cross is not the only Danish organization to have censured Israel in the past week.

The Danish branch of Amnesty International called on the Danish government Sunday to initiate an investigation into the allegations of torture against Israeli Ambassador-designate Carmi Gillon.