| Mr. Stephane Hessel, Chair | Is he objective? | |
| Has stated that Israel practices “apartheid policies against the indigenous, ‘non-Jewish’ citizens of Israel” (June 15, 2010) | ||
| In an interview about the 2009 Gaza conflict, Hessel categorized Israel’s actions as “war crime and even crime against humanity.” In an interview describing the aim of the RToP Cape Town session he declared "It is an instance to clearly declare by ways of precise testimonies what are the violations that are done to the Palestinians." (translation from french " C’est une instance qui se borne a declare clairement avec des temoignage precises qu’elles sont les violations que fait subir au Palestiniens" -(Youtube at 0:51) |
