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Revision as of 02:23, 29 May 2006 by Formeruser-82 (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Israeli apartheid is a controversial phrase used by some anti-Zionists and Palestinian rights activists to compare the policies of the Israeli government towards Palestinians to those of apartheid-era South Africa towards its Black population.
The term "Israeli apartheid" has been used frequently by left-wing groups protesting the Israeli government, particularly student groups in Britain, the United States and Canada, where "Israeli apartheid week" is held on many campuses. The term is also used by those advocating sanctions against Israel or disinvestment in Israel echoing the 1980s campaign for sanctions and disinvestment as economic tools to pressure apartheid-era South Africa.
Israeli road plans in the West Banks have been condemned as "apartheid". These condemnations come after Israel's decision to reserve its road system for Jews only.
One of the most notable figures to apply the term "apartheid" to the situation in Israel is Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who himself was a prominent anti-apartheid activist in South Africa.
On August 31, 2001, 30,000 to 50,000 activists took to the street in Durban, South Africa to protest, what they saw as, Israeli apartheid.
See also
External links
- Against Israeli apartheid by Desmond Tutu and Ian Urbina (July 15, 2002)
- Truth: Exposing Israeli Apartheid - website companion to Wendy W. Campbell's documentary film
- Israeli Apartheid and Terrorism by Edward S. Herman
- Battling Israeli 'apartheid' BBC article on Adel Kaadan's legal battle for the right to live in a Jewish town.
- Oxford holds "Israel apartheid" week Jerusalem Post
- Israeli Apartheid - Time for the South African Treatment by Omar Barghouti
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