Amnesty: End the violence in occupied Palestinian territories

Amnesty International called on the US and other countries to pressure Israel into ending its "systematic violations" against Palestinians, in a new appeal on Friday.

As Israeli forces use live and rubber ammunition against Palestinian protesters across the occupied West Bank and Israel, the rights group said in a statement that "it’s past time that the world presses Israel to address the root causes of violations and injustice".

"Palestinians’ experience of systemic discrimination, dispossession and displacement is at the root of the ongoing violations we see today," Amnesty said.

"The international community, especially Israel’s close allies like the USA, have a responsibility to pressure Israel to end and redress its systematic violations against Palestinians."