The United Nations, through its rights chief Volker Turk, has accused Israel of intensifying decades of systematic discrimination and segregation against Palestinians in the West Bank, resembling an "apartheid system." A new UN report details how Israeli laws and policies control nearly every aspect of Palestinian life, leading to unequal treatment compared to Israeli settlers. Israel's diplomatic mission to the UN in Geneva has rejected the report's accusations as "absurd and distorted," calling it politically motivated.