What does 'Israeli Apartheid' mean, anyway?

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

http://www.haaretz.com/news/features/.premium-1.562477

Those who say “Israeli Apartheid” refer to the philosophy of “separate development” that was prevalent in the old South Africa. This was the euphemism used for the principle of inequality, the deliberate segregation of populations, a prohibition on “mixing” and the displacement of non-whites from lands and resources for their exploitation by the masters of the land. Even though here things are shrouded by “security concerns,” with references to Auschwitz and heaven-decreed real estate, our reality is governed by the same philosophy, backed by laws and force of arms.
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There are two legal systems in place on the West Bank, a civilian one for Jews and a military one for Palestinians. There are two separate infrastructures there as well, including roads, electricity and water. The superior and expanding one is for Jews while the inferior and shrinking one is for the Palestinians. There are local pockets, similar to the Bantustans in South Africa, in which the Palestinians have limited self-rule. There is a system of travel restrictions and permits in place since 1991, just when such a system was abolished in South Africa.

Does that mean that apartheid exists only on the West Bank?

Not at all, it exists across the entire country, from the sea to the Jordan River. It prevails in this one territory in which two peoples live, ruled by one government which is elected by one people, but which determines the future and fate of both. Palestinian towns and villages suffocate because of deliberately restrictive planning in Israel, just as they do in the West Bank.

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1. Author: Amira Hass

Important to remember that if Israel were to lift all restrictions on Gaza and withdraw completely from all of the West Bank BDS is not over.

Israel itself is the problem.

From the river to the sea... (as the saying goes).

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

2. I disagree. America is the problem.

America needs to stop funding Israel to send a message as well as give them a wake up call at the UN.

Until that happens Israel will continue to act like a child bully.