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Israel Apartheid slur (view source)
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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 name=ajn-2021/><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.,
June, 2014</ref><ref>[https://brandeiscenter.com/the-apartheid-slur-an-intellectual-affront-and-obstacle-to-peace/ The Apartheid Slur: An Intellectual Affront and Obstacle to Peace], [Anti-Semitism], Gil Troy, Brandeis Center, March 15, 2013</ref><ref>[https://daphneanson.blogspot.com/2011/04/black-students-blast-israeli-apartheid.html Black Students Blast the "Israeli Apartheid" Slur], Daphne Anson, April 10, 2011</ref><ref>[https://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304893404579531740253742348.html Carelessness or Candor?. The "apartheid" slur has a long history] James Taranto, WSJ, Apr 29, 2014]</ref>
June, 2014</ref><ref>[https://brandeiscenter.com/the-apartheid-slur-an-intellectual-affront-and-obstacle-to-peace/ The Apartheid Slur: An Intellectual Affront and Obstacle to Peace], [Anti-Semitism], Gil Troy, Brandeis Center, March 15, 2013</ref><ref>[https://daphneanson.blogspot.com/2011/04/black-students-blast-israeli-apartheid.html Black Students Blast the "Israeli Apartheid" Slur], Daphne Anson, April 10, 2011</ref><ref>[https://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304893404579531740253742348.html Carelessness or Candor?. The "apartheid" slur has a long history] James Taranto, WSJ, Apr 29, 2014]</ref>
<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 name=akehurst2022>Luke Akehurst, [https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/amnestys-apartheid-slur-is-an-attack-on-jewish-self-determination/ Amnesty’s apartheid slur is an attack on Jewish self-determination]", at ''TOI'', Jan 31, 2022.</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.
[[File:Apartheid lie - fake racism.png|thumb|Fake "racism" - black IDF soldier shown vs Arab terrorist]]
[[File:Apartheid lie - fake racism.png|thumb|Fake "racism" - black IDF soldier shown vs Arab terrorist]]
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>
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>
Vs the reality of apartheid:<ref name=ajn-2021>Vic, Alhadeff, [https://www.australianjewishnews.com/the-reality-of-apartheid/ The reality of apartheid], ''Australian Jewish News'', 29 July 2021.<br>
''...Apartheid was apartheid was apartheid. It is not for HRW or any other self-important agency to re-word the definition to suit its ends. In fact, its own “definition” is so broad that if applied rigorously, almost every person in every nation could be deemed guilty of it.
Finally, no nation is faultless. It is simply relevant to note that there is only one country in the Middle East in which the rights of workers, trade unions, women... and ethnic and religious minorities are respected in a way that is consistent with democratic values and practices; that Israel’s Jewish, Arab and other citizens share the same hospitals, universities, public transport, beaches, shopping malls and other public spaces. Most significantly, every Israeli citizen has the same civil and religious rights, including the right to vote, and there have been Arab members of every Israeli parliament since the state was established in 1948 – the most democratic right of all – with 14 Arab members sitting in the current parliament.
The situation in the West Bank is more complex. Mahmoud Abbas is in the 17th year of his four-year presidency of the Palestinian Authority, which controls the major urban centres known as Area A. Israel controls the thinly-populated Areas B and C, but has not asserted its sovereignty over any of Areas A, B or C.
On the contrary, it has tabled at least three offers that would have established a sovereign, territorially-contiguous Palestinian state over 100 per cent of the Gaza Strip and more than 90 per cent of the West Bank, plus additional territory from within pre-1967 Israel to bring it to 100 per cent. Never did South Africa’s apartheid government contemplate anything that fair-minded.
The apartheid slur is baseless and a lie.''</ref><blockquote>
It is not for Human Rights Watch or any other self-important agency to re-word the definition of apartheid to suit its ends.</blockquote>
Amnesty International operates an office in Jerusalem under the leadership of Saleh Hijazi, former Public Relations officer for the Palestinian Authority’s Office of the Ministry of Planning in Ramallah.</blockquote></ref> "joined in," in 2022.<ref>Ruthie Blum, [https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-695438 Amnesty’ for Whoopi Goldberg], JPost, Feb 3, 2022.<br><i>
Amnesty International operates an office in Jerusalem under the leadership of Saleh Hijazi, former Public Relations officer for the Palestinian Authority’s Office of the Ministry of Planning in Ramallah.</blockquote></ref> "joined in," in 2022.<ref>Ruthie Blum, [https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-695438 Amnesty’ for Whoopi Goldberg], JPost, Feb 3, 2022.<br><i>
To place Amnesty International in the same category as Whoopi Goldberg is a mistake.... Comparing Israelis to Nazis, by alleging that they consider Palestinians to be “an inferior racial group,” is an antisemitic ploy that provides justification for terrorism against innocents. It’s a classic inversion of victim and perpetrator that must be discredited, loudly and clearly.</i></ref><ref>[https://whatyoushouldknowaboutisrael.org/questions-for-amnesty Questions For Amnesty], Feb 2022.
To place Amnesty International in the same category as Whoopi Goldberg is a mistake.... Comparing Israelis to Nazis, by alleging that they consider Palestinians to be “an inferior racial group,” is an antisemitic ploy that provides justification for terrorism against innocents. It’s a classic inversion of victim and perpetrator that must be discredited, loudly and clearly.</i></ref><ref name=akehurst2022/><ref>[https://whatyoushouldknowaboutisrael.org/questions-for-amnesty Questions For Amnesty], Feb 2022.
<blockquote>Basic Questions
<blockquote>Basic Questions