When I first began my journey into the Palestine solidarity movement two decades ago, there was much debate about whether or not Israel is truly an apartheid state. These days, of course, the debate is over. Even the liberal Israeli human rights group B'Tselem now defines Israel as an apartheid regime. Back then, broadly speaking, those who opposed – or at least questioned – the use of the term "apartheid" in relation to Israel had two main arguments (neither of which I've ever found convincing). First of all, they claimed that Israel and South Africa have very different histories, and so it's inaccurate to make an analogy between the two. This claim was made then, and is still made today […]
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