Europe governments awakened to Israel racism: Analyst

European governments are waking up to the reality of the Israeli regime’s racist policies against the Palestinians, an analyst tells Press TV in an interview.

Paul Larudee was talking to Press TV on Tuesday, one day after the United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights Richard Falk said Israel’s policies towards Palestine appear to amount to “apartheid.”

“Now that Israel is reaching the end of its ethnic cleansing project in Palestine by pushing Palestinians into even smaller areas and impoverishing them even more and making their lives as miserable as possible, even some of the Europeans are waking up to what is going on,” said Larudee.

He added that even Germany, a close ally of the Zionist regime, has criticized Israel over the besieged Gaza Strip.

Larudee stated that “now, less than 20 percent of the German people approve of Israel.”

In his 22-page report released on Monday, Falk said Israel’s “prolonged occupation” of the Palestinian territories” constitutes “apartheid and segregation,” adding that Israel is denying the Palestinians “the right to self-determination.”

“He (Falk) has been consistent, he has been honest, he has been forthright and he speaks the truth with a lot of wisdom and his words over the years have inspired others to do the same,” said Larudee.

Gaza has been blockaded since June 2007, a situation that has caused a decline in the standards of living, unprecedented levels of unemployment, and unrelenting poverty.

The apartheid regime of Israel denies about 1.7 million people in Gaza their basic rights, such as freedom of movement, jobs that pay proper wages, and adequate healthcare and education.