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Ngo Monitor, Feb 10, 2021. '"Last month, the Israeli NGO B'Tselem launched a discriminatory and hateful campaign titled, “A regime of...''</ref>  
 
Ngo Monitor, Feb 10, 2021. '"Last month, the Israeli NGO B'Tselem launched a discriminatory and hateful campaign titled, “A regime of...''</ref>  
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A year later, Shakir himself also promoted it, abusing the [[HRW]] platform.<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'], Mathilde Frot, The JC,  
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A year later, Shakir himself consumed by anger over Israel not renewing his visa, as a revenge propaganda,<ref name=steinberg/> has also promoted it, abusing the [[HRW]] platform.<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'], Mathilde Frot, The JC,  
 
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 organizations 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 organizations 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>
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BDS and the accompanying delegitimization are also closely correlated with violent attacks on Jews and Jewish institutions..</blockquote>
 
BDS and the accompanying delegitimization are also closely correlated with violent attacks on Jews and Jewish institutions..</blockquote>
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Another columnist:<ref>"[https://www.jpost.com/opinion/human-rights-watch-demonizes-israel-through-the-propaganda-of-apartheid-666416 Human Rights Watch demonizes Israel via propaganda of apartheid]," Gerald M. Steinberg, Jerusalem Post, April 27, 2021</ref>
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Another columnist:<ref name=steinberg>"[https://www.jpost.com/opinion/human-rights-watch-demonizes-israel-through-the-propaganda-of-apartheid-666416 Human Rights Watch demonizes Israel via propaganda of apartheid]," Gerald M. Steinberg, Jerusalem Post, April 27, 2021</ref>
 
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The effort to demonize Israel through comparison to the heinous legacy of the South African apartheid regime has deep roots, going back to the Soviet and Arab campaigns of the 1970s, including the infamous UN resolution declaring that Zionism is a form of racism.
 
The effort to demonize Israel through comparison to the heinous legacy of the South African apartheid regime has deep roots, going back to the Soviet and Arab campaigns of the 1970s, including the infamous UN resolution declaring that Zionism is a form of racism.
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