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is edgingÌýtowards stripping of its tax-exempt status following its historic findingÌýthat Israel was perpetrating apartheid against .

The global rights group made the determination in a report released on Tuesday, which crucially found apartheid existed even within Israel's own borders.

The Israeli parliament's Constitution, Law and Justice Committee is looking to consider rules that would strip Amnesty operations in Israel ofÌýtax-exempt status, according to the Israel Hayom paper.

The proposed measures were pushed through to this stage when on SaturdayÌýGideon Saar, the country's justice minister, gave theÌýokay at the behest of Avigdor Lieberman, the finance minister.

Israel is also seekingÌýto limit Amnesty's access to platforms within the country by using a law that targets those who boycott or have made statements urging others to boycott Israel.

finding of apartheid mirrors similar conclusions drawn by Human Rights Watch and Israeli NGO B'Tselem last year.

Palestinian rights groups have long accused Israel of apartheid.