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The Apartheid Slur is an [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] canard, poisonous myth, meant to demonize and delegitimize [[Israel]].  

The Apartheid Slur is an [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] canard, poisonous myth, meant to demonize and delegitimize [[Israel]].  

The [[Essay:anti-Israel bigotry: the Apartheid slur|Apartheid slur]]<ref>[https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/human-rights-watch-israel-apartheid-report-condemned-as-fiction-1.516093 Human Rights Watch ‘Israel apartheid’ report condemned as ‘fiction’], The JC, April 27, 2021. ''The Board joined Israel and a Jerusalem-based research institute in dismissing the document...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.

The [[Essay:anti-Israel bigotry: the Apartheid slur|Apartheid slur]],<ref>[https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/human-rights-watch-israel-apartheid-report-condemned-as-fiction-1.516093 Human Rights Watch ‘Israel apartheid’ report condemned as ‘fiction’], The JC, April 27, 2021. ''The Board joined Israel and a Jerusalem-based research institute in dismissing the document...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"... </ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/01/opinion/israel-and-the-apartheid-slander.html Israel and the Apartheid Slander] Richard J. Goldstone, The New York Times, Oct 31, 2011</ref><ref>[https://aijac.org.au/op-ed/gross-distortions-of-hrw-apartheid-slur/ Gross distortions of HRW apartheid slur] Ahron Shapiro, aijac, May 13, 2021</ref><ref>[https://www.janglo.net/item/LoHOoAAcUsr Anti-Israel ‘Apartheid’ Slur Promoted by NYC Mayoral Candidate] Yakir Benzion, Apr 19, 2021</ref><ref>[https://www.ngo-monitor.org/reports/hrws-apartheid-demonization-bds-lawfare/ HRW’s “Apartheid” Publication: Demonization, BDS, and Lawfare], NGO Monitor, April 25, 2021</ref><ref>[https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/the-new-blood-libel-of-medical-apartheid/ The New Blood Libel of “Medical Apartheid”], Edwin Black, Besa, April 14, 2021. ''Media amplification of the blood libel, as occurred generations ago in Eastern Europe, has been a boon to anti-Israel radicals. This newest medical apartheid slur has become a significant driver for efforts to undermine support for the State of Israel in the US... Erekat, a top Palestinian negotiator, was rushed to a Jerusalem hospital when he faced a COVID-19 respiratory crisis. Other elite Palestinian officials have received similar priority''..</ref><ref>[https://zionist.org.uk/the-btselem-apartheid-slur/ The apartheid slur peddled by B’tselem], Steve Winston, Jan 12, 2021</ref><ref>https://honestreporting.ca/neil-macdonalds-apartheid-slur-is-inflammatory-and-unfounded</ref><ref>[https://unwatch.org/u-n-s-mideast-agency-obsessed-israeli-apartheid/ Report: U.N.'s Mideast Agency Obsessed with 'Israeli Apartheid'], Richard Falk, Jul 18, 2017</ref><ref>[https://ajn.timesofisrael.com/bob-carr-out-of-control/ Bob Carr out of control], Gareth Narunsky, TOI, May 6, 2021. ''Former federal Labor leader Bill Shorten told The AJN he had made it a practice not to comment about Carr’s comments, “Because you can be here all day.”''</ref><ref>[https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2016/02/i-grew-south-africa-so-believe-me-when-i-say-israel-not-apartheid-state I grew up in South Africa, so believe me when I say: Israel is not an apartheid state. This week on university campuses across the UK, activists are preparing for “Israel Apartheid Week”. This term is not only misleading, but a grave insult to those who were subjugated in South Africa.] Ephraim Mirvis, New Statesman, February 24, 2016</ref><ref>[https://www.cjnews.com/perspectives/opinions/apartheid-slur-driven-hatred-lies Apartheid slur driven by hatred and lies], CJNews, March 4, 2015

"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"... </ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/01/opinion/israel-and-the-apartheid-slander.html Israel and the Apartheid Slander] Richard J. Goldstone, The New York Times, Oct 31, 2011</ref><ref>[https://aijac.org.au/op-ed/gross-distortions-of-hrw-apartheid-slur/ Gross distortions of HRW apartheid slur] Ahron Shapiro, aijac, May 13, 2021</ref><ref>[https://www.janglo.net/item/LoHOoAAcUsr Anti-Israel ‘Apartheid’ Slur Promoted by NYC Mayoral Candidate] Yakir Benzion, Apr 19, 2021</ref><ref>[https://www.ngo-monitor.org/reports/hrws-apartheid-demonization-bds-lawfare/ HRW’s “Apartheid” Publication: Demonization, BDS, and Lawfare], NGO Monitor, April 25, 2021</ref><ref>[https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/the-new-blood-libel-of-medical-apartheid/ The New Blood Libel of “Medical Apartheid”], Edwin Black, Besa, April 14, 2021. ''Media amplification of the blood libel, as occurred generations ago in Eastern Europe, has been a boon to anti-Israel radicals. This newest medical apartheid slur has become a significant driver for efforts to undermine support for the State of Israel in the US... Erekat, a top Palestinian negotiator, was rushed to a Jerusalem hospital when he faced a COVID-19 respiratory crisis. Other elite Palestinian officials have received similar priority''..</ref><ref>[https://zionist.org.uk/the-btselem-apartheid-slur/ The apartheid slur peddled by B’tselem], Steve Winston, Jan 12, 2021</ref><ref>https://honestreporting.ca/neil-macdonalds-apartheid-slur-is-inflammatory-and-unfounded</ref><ref>[https://unwatch.org/u-n-s-mideast-agency-obsessed-israeli-apartheid/ Report: U.N.'s Mideast Agency Obsessed with 'Israeli Apartheid'], Richard Falk, Jul 18, 2017</ref><ref>[https://ajn.timesofisrael.com/bob-carr-out-of-control/ Bob Carr out of control], Gareth Narunsky, TOI, May 6, 2021. ''Former federal Labor leader Bill Shorten told The AJN he had made it a practice not to comment about Carr’s comments, “Because you can be here all day.”''</ref><ref>[https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2016/02/i-grew-south-africa-so-believe-me-when-i-say-israel-not-apartheid-state I grew up in South Africa, so believe me when I say: Israel is not an apartheid state. This week on university campuses across the UK, activists are preparing for “Israel Apartheid Week”. This term is not only misleading, but a grave insult to those who were subjugated in South Africa.] Ephraim Mirvis, New Statesman, February 24, 2016</ref><ref>[https://www.cjnews.com/perspectives/opinions/apartheid-slur-driven-hatred-lies Apartheid slur driven by hatred and lies], CJNews, March 4, 2015

</ref>  <ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2014/05/19/explaining-john-kerrys-apartheid-slur/ Explaining John Kerry’s apartheid slur] Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post, May 19, 2014</ref><ref>[https://www.commentarymagazine.com/articles/jonathan-tobin/kerrys-apartheid-slur Kerry’s Apartheid Slur. Threat Assessment]  Jonathan S. Tobin, The Commentary Mag.,

</ref>  <ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2014/05/19/explaining-john-kerrys-apartheid-slur/ Explaining John Kerry’s apartheid slur] Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post, May 19, 2014</ref><ref>[https://www.commentarymagazine.com/articles/jonathan-tobin/kerrys-apartheid-slur Kerry’s Apartheid Slur. Threat Assessment]  Jonathan S. Tobin, The Commentary Mag.,

<ref>[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/205008 South Africans against 'Israel apartheid' slur]. '''Israel Collective' organization asked Black South Africans to comment on one of the most common anti-Israel accusations.'' Ari Soffer, INN,  Dec 16 , 2015.

<ref>[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/205008 South Africans against 'Israel apartheid' slur]. '''Israel Collective' organization asked Black South Africans to comment on one of the most common anti-Israel accusations.'' Ari Soffer, INN,  Dec 16 , 2015.

''"As a Black person to actually find the truth, is like: you've taken something so painful for Black Africans, and misrepresenting it either for publicity, or for directing hate, and then repackaging it and saying it's apartheid? Not cool."</ref><ref>[http://www.wranter.com/2012/02/28/israeli-apartheid-is-a-slur-that-does-no-one-any-good/ ‘Israeli apartheid’ is a slur that does no one any good], February 28, 2012, wRanter</ref><ref>[https://www.cjnews.com/perspectives/opinions/false-linkage-zionism-colonialism The false linkage of Zionism and colonialism], CJN, September 7, 2010 . ''Linking Zionism with colonialism – much like accusing Israel of apartheid-like practices – is often central to any discourse that seeks to demonize, dehumanize and delegitimize the Jewish state and those who support it. In the same way that the Israel apartheid slur needs to be deconstructed, so too should the Zionism as colonialism falsehood be addressed''.</ref><ref>[https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/calling-israel-an-apartheid-state-is-both-racist-and-a-lie/ Calling Israel an apartheid state is both racist and a lie] Karen Harradine and Paul T Horgan, Conservative Wonan, July 16, 2019</ref><ref>[https://www.cfi.org.uk/news.php?article=488 Israel and the Human Rights Distortion] Christian Friends of Israel, Apr 28, 2021</ref><ref>[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22apartheid+slur%22+-wikipedia+-nyt&oq=%22apartheid+slur%22+-wikipedia+-nyt google]</ref>, canard<ref>[https://www.aish.com/jw/me/Shattering-the-Apartheid-Canard.html Shattering the Apartheid Canard], S. Simmons, Aish, Jan 18. 2021.

''"As a Black person to actually find the truth, is like: you've taken something so painful for Black Africans, and misrepresenting it either for publicity, or for directing hate, and then repackaging it and saying it's apartheid? Not cool."</ref><ref>[http://www.wranter.com/2012/02/28/israeli-apartheid-is-a-slur-that-does-no-one-any-good/ ‘Israeli apartheid’ is a slur that does no one any good], February 28, 2012, wRanter</ref><ref>[https://www.cjnews.com/perspectives/opinions/false-linkage-zionism-colonialism The false linkage of Zionism and colonialism], CJN, September 7, 2010 . ''Linking Zionism with colonialism – much like accusing Israel of apartheid-like practices – is often central to any discourse that seeks to demonize, dehumanize and delegitimize the Jewish state and those who support it. In the same way that the Israel apartheid slur needs to be deconstructed, so too should the Zionism as colonialism falsehood be addressed''.</ref><ref>[https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/calling-israel-an-apartheid-state-is-both-racist-and-a-lie/ Calling Israel an apartheid state is both racist and a lie] Karen Harradine and Paul T Horgan, Conservative Wonan, July 16, 2019</ref><ref>[https://www.cfi.org.uk/news.php?article=488 Israel and the Human Rights Distortion] Christian Friends of Israel, Apr 28, 2021</ref><ref>[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22apartheid+slur%22+-wikipedia+-nyt&oq=%22apartheid+slur%22+-wikipedia+-nyt google]</ref> canard<ref>[https://www.aish.com/jw/me/Shattering-the-Apartheid-Canard.html Shattering the Apartheid Canard], S. Simmons, Aish, Jan 18. 2021.

''It’s time to call out the anti-Semitism and hypocrisy...''</ref><ref>[https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/apartheid-canard-does-not-wash/ Apartheid canard does not wash], TOI, Allan Wolman, Jan 21, 2021</ref> poisonous myth,<ref>[https://www.ngo-monitor.org/the_poisonous_myth_of_israeli_apartheid/ The poisonous myth of 'Israeli apartheid'] NGO Monitor. February 17, 2008

''It’s time to call out the anti-Semitism and hypocrisy...''</ref><ref>[https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/apartheid-canard-does-not-wash/ Apartheid canard does not wash], TOI, Allan Wolman, Jan 21, 2021</ref> poisonous myth,<ref>[https://www.ngo-monitor.org/the_poisonous_myth_of_israeli_apartheid/ The poisonous myth of 'Israeli apartheid'] NGO Monitor. February 17, 2008

[This article was posted in the National Post, February 14, 2008.

[This article was posted in the National Post, February 14, 2008.

"It must be made clear that it is not possible to have a building ban here only for Jews... We do not want to do anything. We are not looking to confront, nor to provoke anyone. We ask for understanding.  So, from the decision on the moratorium to the removal of the checkpoints."</blockquote></ref>

"It must be made clear that it is not possible to have a building ban here only for Jews... We do not want to do anything. We are not looking to confront, nor to provoke anyone. We ask for understanding.  So, from the decision on the moratorium to the removal of the checkpoints."</blockquote></ref>

See more at: [[Criticism of preferenrial treatment for Israeli Arabs over Jews]] on often favoritism to Arabs over Jews, in:

See more at: [[Criticism of preferenrial treatment for Israeli Arabs over Jews]] on often favoritism to Arabs over Jews, in: