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What is the meaning of apartheid state?
1 : racial segregation specifically : a former policy of segregation and political, social, and economic discrimination against the nonwhite majority in the Republic of South Africa.
What was Israel used to be called?
Palestine
When World War I ended in 1918 with an Allied victory, the 400-year Ottoman Empire rule ended, and Great Britain took control over what became known as Palestine (modern-day Israel, Palestine and Jordan). The Balfour Declaration and the British mandate over Palestine were approved by the League of Nations in 1922.
Who owns Israel Land?
Background. 93\% of the land in Israel is in the public domain; that is, either property of the state, the Jewish National Fund (JNF) or the Development Authority. The Israel Land Authority (ILA) is the government agency responsible for managing this land which comprises 4,820,500 acres (19,508,000 dunams).
Is Israel an ‘apartheid state?
The accusation that Israel is an “apartheid state” is a deliberate misuse of language as part of a larger strategy to erode the Israeli state’s legitimacy through what Professor Gerald Steinberg described as the Durban Strategy: just as South Africa’s apartheid regime had to be destroyed (and rightly so), Israel has to be destroyed too.
What is apartheid and why does it matter?
In its 213-page report, the United States-based advocacy group says the term apartheid has generally been used in a “descriptive or comparative” sense in relation to Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, and as a warning of what might happen if current trajectories with regard to Palestinians continue.
What is the apartheid wall and how does it relate to BDS?
BDS proponents describe the checkpoints and the wall/fence dividing the West Bank from Israel as an “apartheid wall.” However, unlike the apartheid era Group Areas Act, which kept black South Africans separate from white citizens as a means of oppressing them, the wall/fence was not built to serve as a structure of oppression.
What is residential segregation like in Israel?
In Israel, residential segregation is a result of language, culture, religion, and economic and educational disparities between Jews and Arabs — not a reflection of the law.