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(30,165 posts)Human Rights Watch quotes Israeli leaders saying that Gaza was under apartheid: Does Israels Treatment of Palestinians Rise to the Level of Apartheid?
B'Tselem, an Israeli peace organization, says Gaza is living under apartheid: This is Apartheid
The UN says it's apartheid: Israels occupation of Palestinian Territory is apartheid: UN rights expert
EFF says there's electronic apartheid happening in Gaza: Digital Apartheid in Gaza: Unjust Content Moderation at the Request of Israels Cyber Unit
(On Gaza) "They are being strangled since the Israeli withdrawal, surrounded by a separation barrier that is penetrated only by Israeli-controlled checkpoints, with just single opening for personnel only into Egypt-Sinai as their access to the outside world. There have been no moves by Israel to permit transportation by air or by sea. Fishermen are not permitted to leave the harbor. Workers are prevented from going to outside jobs. The import or export of food and other goods is severely restricted and often cut off completely, and the police, teachers, nurses, and social workers are deprived of salaries. Per capita income has decreased 40% during the last three years, and the poverty rate has reached 70%. The UN special repertoire on the right of food has stated that the acute malnutrition in Gaza is already on the same scale as that seen in the poorer countries of the southern Sahara, with more than half of Palestinians eating only one meal a day.
― Jimmy Carter, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid
"No objective person could personally observe existing conditions in the West Bank and dispute these statements.
- Jimmy Carter, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid
Also, I'm going to move into your house. You'll have to move because it's my house now. What? You don't want to be displaced, you raised your kids in that house, your grandfather built that house? Too fucking bad, it's mine now. Also, I will control when you get to use water, watch tv, or leave the neighborhood. But that's not apartheid, is it? And if you don't take my offer as is, I guess that's on you.