conducted by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination stated "The status of the settlements was clearly inconsistent with Article 3 of the Convention, which, as noted in the Committee's General Recommendation XIX, prohibited all forms of racial segregation in all countries. There is a consensus among publicists that the prohibition of racial discrimination, irrespective of territories, is an imperative norm of international law." In Hebron, the Israeli Army has responded to violence between Israeli settlers and Palestinians by restricting the latter's freedom of movement in the central city. The Israeli human rights organization B'Tselem charges this policy violates the Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and that See also Human rights in the Palestinian National Authority Racism in the Arab world Islam and antisemitism Racism in Israel Israel and apartheid Notes Religion and politics Palestine Antisemitism in the Arab world Antisemitism in the Middle East Antisemitism in Asia Conspiracy theories involving Israel