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In reply to the discussion: The war on the Palestinian olive harvest [View all]Shaktimaan
(5,397 posts)35. Now then...
Regarding your definition of apartheid and whether or not it applies to Israeli policies, I think I will let Richard Goldstone, (a former justice of the South African Constitutional Court, who led the United Nations fact-finding mission on the Gaza conflict of 2008-9), make my case for me. I recommend you read the entire article at the link provided.
THE Palestinian Authoritys request for full United Nations membership has put hope for any two-state solution under increasing pressure. The need for reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians has never been greater. So it is important to separate legitimate criticism of Israel from assaults that aim to isolate, demonize and delegitimize it.
One particularly pernicious and enduring canard that is surfacing again is that Israel pursues apartheid policies. In Cape Town starting on Saturday, a London-based nongovernmental organization called the Russell Tribunal on Palestine will hold a hearing on whether Israel is guilty of the crime of apartheid. It is not a tribunal. The evidence is going to be one-sided and the members of the jury are critics whose harsh views of Israel are well known.
While apartheid can have broader meaning, its use is meant to evoke the situation in pre-1994 South Africa. It is an unfair and inaccurate slander against Israel, calculated to retard rather than advance peace negotiations.
One particularly pernicious and enduring canard that is surfacing again is that Israel pursues apartheid policies. In Cape Town starting on Saturday, a London-based nongovernmental organization called the Russell Tribunal on Palestine will hold a hearing on whether Israel is guilty of the crime of apartheid. It is not a tribunal. The evidence is going to be one-sided and the members of the jury are critics whose harsh views of Israel are well known.
While apartheid can have broader meaning, its use is meant to evoke the situation in pre-1994 South Africa. It is an unfair and inaccurate slander against Israel, calculated to retard rather than advance peace negotiations.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/01/opinion/israel-and-the-apartheid-slander.html?_r=2&ref=opinion&
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Officially legitimize them quickly? An illegal settlement outside of Israel proper?
R. Daneel Olivaw
Nov 2012
#37
of course I do and it really doesn't seem much of a problem except for those who wish very very very
azurnoir
Nov 2012
#28
If you are so incline you may keep on drinking the kool-aid then, King D.
R. Daneel Olivaw
Nov 2012
#38
I have kept to the topic even when Shsktimaan tried to dance away from it.
R. Daneel Olivaw
Nov 2012
#44
I'm glad you can feel confident to double down on the language of "Jewish state."
R. Daneel Olivaw
Nov 2012
#52
They prepared very well for standing idly by and doing nothing to stop it...
Violet_Crumble
Nov 2012
#23
I wonder if ones like that can't see the difference between settlers and the landowners...
Violet_Crumble
Nov 2012
#24
I think that some people get so wrapped up in their 'cause' that they get blind to a lot...
Violet_Crumble
Nov 2012
#53