Israel: Racism is fine by us!

<--This is a "separation fence." Now whatever you do, don't look up the definition of the word "apartheid."

Well, I never thought I'd see the day, but Israel has actually admitted today that it is a racist State. You see, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination released its report on Israeli practices in both the Occupied Palestinian Territories and in Israel proper. Ha'aretz reports:

In its conclusions, the committee also voiced concern at an unequal distribution of water resources, a disproportionate targeting of Palestinians in house demolitions and the "denial of the right of many Palestinians" to return to their land.

Differing applications of criminal law between Jews and Arabs had caused "harsher punishments for Palestinians for the same offence", said the committee, whose recommendations are not legally binding.

A high number of complaints by Arab Israelis against police officers are not properly investigated and many Arabs suffer discriminatory work practices and high unemployment, it said.

A devastating critique! Surely Israel will deny the charges and move on, right? I mean, no doubt they will claim to not be racist, and claim the Independent Commission erred. Right? Wrong:

Israel argues that the UN committee's remit, to ensure compliance with a 1965 international treaty against racial discrimination which the Jewish state has ratified, does not apply to the Palestinian territories it has occupied since 1967. The committee rejects that position.

Wha?! Aside from the fact that this position ignores half of the UN's criticism, Israel is essentially claiming that it is OK to be racist, as long as it is in the Occupied Territories?

I want to repeat Israel's official position: It is OK to be racist in the Occupied Territories. What blue and white and apartheidy all over?