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[karynnj]

18. Not if they live in Gaza or the West Bank

The comments that Israel COULD become an apartheid state are IF Israel rejects a 2 state solution AND rejects a one state solution giving equal rights to all in ALL the area that includes the "48" Israel, the West Bank and Gaza.

In his recent book, Ari Shavit, a leading Israeli journalist, himself listed only 4 possibilities -
three of which he considered unthinkable.
1) To eliminate the Palestinians by forcing them out of the area - something he rightfully both rejected and called ethnic cleansing.

2) A one state solution where the country could lose its Jewish identity - something he as a "liberal Zionist" rejected.

3) A one state solution where people in the West Bank and Gaza do not have equal rights - ie what we have now, but without the goal of change - which he called an apartheid state

4) The acceptable solution was a two state solution, but he argued that they did not now have the courageous leadership needed.

There have been many Israeli leaders - Barach and Livni included who have used the word apartheid - and they have used it to argue why a two state solution is needed.