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[Beastly Boy]

56. I don't think apartheid means what you think it means

By definition, apartheid is RACE-based segregation. Palestinians and Israelis are virtually identical racially, ethnically and genetically. Whatever the relation between Israelis and Palestinians is, it is a gross abuse of the English language to call it apartheid.

Furthermore, there are two groups of Palestinian arabs who fall under the administrative control of Israel: West Bank Palestinians and Palestinians who are Israeli citizens. Unless you argue that West Bank (and, by extension of international law, Gaza) are not occupied territories, Israel is mandated by the Fourth Geneva Convention to effectively segregate populations in occupied territories and the occupying populations. The occupied people enjoy special protections under this Convention, which includes prohibitions on compulsory integration with the occupiers. This prohibition is the reason why Israeli settlements in the West Bank are considered illegal.