| | Apr 27, 2021. ''Board of Deputies president Marie van der Zyl said the report was a "sham which puts rhetoric above fact." "They consistently ignore or downplay the fact that Israel’s security measures in the West Bank and around Gaza are the response to well-documented terror activities. The ridiculous ‘apartheid‘ slur in this report is belied by the fact that, as it stands, Israel’s next Government may well rely on the support of Arab parties, voted for by the country’s fully-enfranchised Arab citizens. "Israel’s Arab citizens have been appointed as ambassadors, professors, Supreme Court judges, hospital directors, and other key roles throughout Israel’s socio-economic landscape. Civil society organisations should be directing their efforts towards reinvigorating the peace process, not trading in false hyperbole that extends the cycle of conflict," she said. NGO Monitor president Professor Gerald Steinberg, also criticised the report writing in the Jerusalem Post that it comprised "the standard mix of shrill propaganda, false allegations and legal fictions." "Exploiting the 'apartheid' image for propaganda is a cynical appropriation of the suffering of the victims of the actual apartheid regime"..''</ref> | | Apr 27, 2021. ''Board of Deputies president Marie van der Zyl said the report was a "sham which puts rhetoric above fact." "They consistently ignore or downplay the fact that Israel’s security measures in the West Bank and around Gaza are the response to well-documented terror activities. The ridiculous ‘apartheid‘ slur in this report is belied by the fact that, as it stands, Israel’s next Government may well rely on the support of Arab parties, voted for by the country’s fully-enfranchised Arab citizens. "Israel’s Arab citizens have been appointed as ambassadors, professors, Supreme Court judges, hospital directors, and other key roles throughout Israel’s socio-economic landscape. Civil society organisations should be directing their efforts towards reinvigorating the peace process, not trading in false hyperbole that extends the cycle of conflict," she said. NGO Monitor president Professor Gerald Steinberg, also criticised the report writing in the Jerusalem Post that it comprised "the standard mix of shrill propaganda, false allegations and legal fictions." "Exploiting the 'apartheid' image for propaganda is a cynical appropriation of the suffering of the victims of the actual apartheid regime"..''</ref> |
| − | He expanded the Apartheid term, as so to fit his long-time anti-Israel agenda. Not realizing his expansion would cover many others. But realizing that according to his new apartheid definition, Israel can never escape this terminology, no matter what it does. (Hence proving again his point of pure hatred)<ref> [https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=https://presspectiva.org.il/%D7%93%D7%95%D7%97-%D7%94%D7%90%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%98%D7%94%D7%99%D7%99%D7%93-%D7%A9%D7%9C-human-rights-watch-%D7%AA%D7%A2%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%94-%D7%97%D7%A1%D7%A8%D7%AA-%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%92/ Human Rights Watch's Apartheid Report: Unsurprising Propaganda and False Lies] Shlomi Ben-Meir, Presspectiva, 09.05.21<br> <blockquote>And that's the little problem with it. The big problem is its big resonance in the international press, eager for any indictment against Israel.<br>... according to the report, there is (almost) nothing Israel can do to not be considered an apartheid state in the eyes of HRW. Even if it withdraws from all territories, establishes a Palestinian state and removes restrictions over the Gaza Strip, the stain will continue to accompany it...</blockquote></ref> | + | He expanded the Apartheid term, as so to fit his long-time anti-Israel agenda. Not realizing his expansion would cover many others. But realizing that according to his new apartheid definition, Israel can never escape this terminology, no matter what it does. (Hence proving again, point of pure hatred)<ref> [https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=https://presspectiva.org.il/%D7%93%D7%95%D7%97-%D7%94%D7%90%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%98%D7%94%D7%99%D7%99%D7%93-%D7%A9%D7%9C-human-rights-watch-%D7%AA%D7%A2%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%94-%D7%97%D7%A1%D7%A8%D7%AA-%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%92/ Human Rights Watch's Apartheid Report: Unsurprising Propaganda and False Lies] Shlomi Ben-Meir, Presspectiva, 09.05.21<br> <blockquote>And that's the little problem with it. The big problem is its big resonance in the international press, eager for any indictment against Israel.<br>... according to the report, there is (almost) nothing Israel can do to not be considered an apartheid state in the eyes of HRW. Even if it withdraws from all territories, establishes a Palestinian state and removes restrictions over the Gaza Strip, the stain will continue to accompany it...</blockquote></ref> |