Jayapal apologizes for calling Israel a 'racist state'

[Mosby]

9. Apartheid is a system of segregation or discrimination based on race

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Within a country. The sole example being South Africa where the word was coined. Whatever security and administrative arrangements there are in the OPTs they are not part of Israel, hence the term shouldn't apply. Everyone in Israel proper has the same rights. By claiming that Israel is practicing apartheid, there is an implicit assumption being made that the OPTs and Israel are the same country. You would agree that their not, right?

Edit: there is an obvious "race" aspect as well, I don't think Israelis and Palestinians are different races, in fact the concept is fundamentally flawed in the first place. Just another reason the Apartheid label is not applicable to the I/P situation.

Also, the arrangements in the OPTs were agreed to by the elected leaders of Israel and Palestine, I'm referring to the Oslo Accords. Another reason that the Apartheid label is not appropriate.

Basically the Apartheid label is a form of demonization of Israel and its legitimacy as a sovereign nation.