UN to investigate apartheid charges against Israel. The commission was set up after the 11-day Israeli attack in May 2021, during which civilians were killed and injured, tens of thousands displaced, homes and vital infrastructure destroyed and the supply of basic services severely disrupted.

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[–]EternalSunset 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

As Noam Chomsky once noted, Apartheid South Africa wasn't covertly trying to ethnically cleanse itself of black africans, it simply had a policy of strict separation between the ruling whites and the black underclass, not too dissmilar from the pre-civil rights movement USA. Frankly I think that calling Israel's treatment of non-jews 'apartheid' makes it seem far less malign than what it is in reality.

[–]gibberishx 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

the racism of Africa

https://mobile.twitter.com/Klaus_Arminius/status/1586277564699803648

[–]iamonlyoneman 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The correct response. Anyone unironically calling Israel an apartheid state is untermensch

[–]jet199 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Another thing Chomsky was wrong about then.

South Africa was definitely trying to genocide Blacks through mass sterilisation.

[–]Oyveygoyim 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I wonder why...

[–]TaseAFeminist4Jesus 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Using "apartheid" for this really detracts from the argument here, in my opinion. "Apartheid" is an Afrikaans word for a very specific system built around skin color. It is not suitable (whatever one thinks of Israel and their system) as a catch-all descriptor for anything that one finds oppressive. It appeals to young people because they've been brought up on a historical narrative built around grievance-redress, but not everything can be "our Apartheid" (or "our Watergate" or "our WWII," etc.).

[–]Chipit[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

What do you call a system where ethnic groups can't marry and can't purchase property if it's in the ruling group's area? That's apartheid.

[–]jet199 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

It isn't an ethnic group effected. Israeli Arabs can to all those things. It's people without Israeli citizenship who can't.

[–]gibberishx 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

https://juststopoil.org/

[–]Chipit[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes, and Israeli citizenship is race-based. Immigration is barred except to people who are ethnic Jews.

This is known as an ethno-state. Nazi Germany had one. The alt-right wants one.

[–]TaseAFeminist4Jesus 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I don't think those things were aspects of Apartheid in South Africa, though.

[–]IkeConn 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Why do they always ignore Japan.

[–]WhenImBanned 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The JewN will do nothing to Israel. Just a slap on the wrist so that they don't look like hypocrites.

[–]zyxzevn 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Related: Gaza fights for freedom documentary

[–]nautilistic 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The UN is hijackes by Arab oil money and the Muslim brotherhood.