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| | The ''A'' slur, and other like it, "Slur-du-jur"<ref>[https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/336519/israel-apartheid-the-big-black-and-white-lie/ Israel Apartheid: The Big Black-and-White Lie] ''Accusing Israel of racism and apartheid fails the anti-Semitic smell test.'' | | The ''A'' slur, and other like it, "Slur-du-jur"<ref>[https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/336519/israel-apartheid-the-big-black-and-white-lie/ Israel Apartheid: The Big Black-and-White Lie] ''Accusing Israel of racism and apartheid fails the anti-Semitic smell test.'' |
| − | G Troy, JJ, May 12, 2021</ref> the slandering via incorrectness,<ref>[https://cameraoncampus.org/blog/camera-on-campus-plans-to-disrupt-israeli-apartheid-week/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=camera-on-campus-plans-to-disrupt-israeli-apartheid-week #ApartheidWeekExposed]</ref> a demonization<ref>"Day of Rage" Rallies Demonize Jews, Israel.' Anti-Defamation League. Jul 10, 2020. https://www.adl.org/blog/day-of-rage-rallies-demonize-jews-israel</ref> terminology exclusively. | + | G Troy, JJ, May 12, 2021</ref> the slandering via incorrectness,<ref>[https://cameraoncampus.org/blog/camera-on-campus-plans-to-disrupt-israeli-apartheid-week/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=camera-on-campus-plans-to-disrupt-israeli-apartheid-week #ApartheidWeekExposed]</ref><ref name=mp-2021>Melanie Phillips, "[https://www.jns.org/opinion/the-false-accusation-of-israel-apartheid/ The false accusation of ‘Israel apartheid’]", JNS, Sep 30, 2021.<blockquote> |
| | + | The smear triggers emotions of deep anger and disgust among the shallow and ignorant, whose knowledge of the Jewish state is entirely drawn from malicious propaganda that misrepresents Israel’s defensive measures as racist aggression. |
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| | + | The campaign to demonize and delegitimize Israel has recently moved into a higher gear with the increased use of one particularly vicious falsehood. |
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| | + | This is the claim that Israel is an apartheid state. |
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| | + | The claim is as fatuous as it is pernicious. Apartheid was the name given to South Africa’s systematic oppression of its black inhabitants, who were denied political, civic and human rights. |
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| | + | By contrast, Arab Israeli citizens have fully equal rights. They study in Israel’s universities; enjoy Israel’s beaches and parks; receive equal treatment as patients in Israel’s hospitals, and work there as doctors and other medical staff; serve as members of the armed forces and as judges; and are represented by members of Knesset who are currently lynch-pins in Israel’s governing coalition. |
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| | + | Those Arabs who live in the disputed territories don’t have Israeli rights—for the very good reason that they aren’t Israeli citizens. They have no civic entitlements purely because the status of those territories remains unsettled as a result of Palestinian Arab rejectionism and violence—and because Arab states regard them as a nuisance preferably to be ignored.</blockquote></ref> a demonization<ref>"Day of Rage" Rallies Demonize Jews, Israel.' Anti-Defamation League. Jul 10, 2020. https://www.adl.org/blog/day-of-rage-rallies-demonize-jews-israel</ref> terminology exclusively. |
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| | ==Non-apartheid Israel VS real apartheid in Arab-Muslim world== | | ==Non-apartheid Israel VS real apartheid in Arab-Muslim world== |