Calling the Israeli regime one of apartheid is not rhetoric, nor is it an exaggeration or a propaganda tool. This is the reality in modern day Palestine, where the Israeli regime is based on discrimination, through laws, practices, education and most aspects of life. This apartheid regime is not only imposed on the people in Palestine, but also on millions of Palestinian refugees denied their right to return home because they are of the wrong religion.
As awareness across the world continues to increase regarding the Israeli Apartheid regime in Palestine, each effort in this aspect would help accelerate the conclusion of this shameful page in history. And as this awareness rises, campaigns to boycott, divest and sanction this regime provide a very effective and natural response. The world witnessed a similar response transpire and bear fruit in the case of South Africa, and there are very good reasons to believe that it will do the same in the case of Palestine.
Israeli Apartheid Week: Call it as it is
| February 4, 2012This video can be found at YouTube
Welcome to another week of shrieking and caterwauling from the mainstream Jewish community -- and more threats to academic freedom. But wouldn't it be nice to have a week dedicated to analysis of the Arab Spring and the prospects for democracy in Bahrain, for example, where the Shia are as badly treated as the Palestinians. Wasn't the Saudi intervention the Saudi version of Cast Lead, the Israeli stomping of Gaza? Isn't it time for a frank look at life for Palestinians in Lebanon, where their rights are nearly non-existent.