Shifting the goalposts on Israel

A partisan report distorts the law as well as the facts on the Palestinian question

A PARTHEID IS A horrible word. The preferred pronunciation — “aparthate” — sums it up rather well. Afrikaans for “separateness”, it was the system that classified South Africans by race and enabled the minority white population to repress the majority from 1948 to the early 1990s. Racial discrimination is particularly pernicious because individuals can never change their heritage. A state that thus persecutes its citizens deserves international condemnation. That’s why those seeking to demonise the State of Israel are accusing it of apartheid. They hope that if this false slur gains currency, Israel will become an international pariah. I should probably declare an interest as someone with the closest possible personal links to Israel. But that is not why I am writing this column. The first reason, is that apartheid…

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The Critic (Digital) - 1 Issue, December 2021

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