PSNA welcomes declaration of Israel as an apartheid state

ByJohn Minto

Amnesty International labels Israel as an apartheid state 

Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa welcomes Amnesty International’s ground-breaking declaration of Israel as an apartheid state.

Titled “Israel’s Apartheid against Palestinians” the 211-page report concludes that the occupation state has imposed a “cruel system of domination” and is committing “crimes against humanity.”

“Our report reveals the true extent of Israel’s apartheid regime. Whether they live in Gaza, East Jerusalem and the rest of the West Bank, or Israel itself, Palestinians are treated as an inferior racial group and systematically deprived of their rights. We found that Israel’s cruel policies of segregation, dispossession and exclusion across all territories under its control clearly amount to apartheid. The international community has an obligation to act”

Agnès Callamard, Amnesty International’s Secretary General

Amnesty’s declaration comes on the heels of reports last year from B’Tselem, Israel’s largest human rights organisation, which declared Israel to be “A regime of Jewish supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea: This is apartheid” and from the Nobel-Peace-Prize-winning US-based organisation Human Rights Watch which release a 213-page report detailing how Israeli policies constitute crimes of apartheid and persecution.

As the largest and most respected international human rights organisation the declaration from Amnesty International demands robust international action against Israel and international support for BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) against Israel just as the world did in the case of South Africa.

Palestinians and South Africans have always seen Israeli policies as apartheid. The rest of the world is now catching up.

“This is a welcome development. There is no place to hide”, says PSNA National Chair John Minto.

In the words of the international expert on apartheid, the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa “to be silent in the face of oppression is to take the side of the oppressor”.

 

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23 Comments

  3. NZ is an apartheid state too. Two classes of citizens as Jacinda said. Though I think Minto has pointed that out, so there is consistency in his thinking.

    This comment might not get published, but it’s true.

    1. Yup good point – 2 health systems and ‘positive discrimination’ has been pretty entrenched for a few decades now (sure sounds like apartheid to me).

      “Apartheid is an Afrikaans word meaning “separateness”, or “the state of being apart”, literally “apart-hood” (from the Afrikaans suffix -heid).”

      Of course all acceptable because the people being discriminated against are white.

      1. James (love the irony) Brown do you really believe there will be two different health systems in NZ? The only significant difference will be in delivery. This is salient as the existing structure is grossly defective. The covid vaccination responses should tell you why and points to the potential remedy.

        What was the point of you defective of ‘apartheid’? Did you omit one basic criteria on purpose in obfuscation? Apartheid is a form of oppression that is imposed by whoever holds the greatest power. This can be by force and/or through control over the governance system (as in the case of Israel). Obviously this doesn’t apply in respect of Maori as you claim.

        1. aom – Is it safe to say you often watch Big Bang Theory and when you do you fantasise about being Sheldon?

          1. Haven’t a clue what you’re on about. Is it a book about some sort of fantasy like the ones you trade in?

      2. I see the World Health Organisation, ground zero of the batty Covid apocalypse, has just been nominated for a Nobel Peace prize. So when you are getting locked out of community, business, employment and flying home, for not taking a random inoculation, just think happy peaceful thoughts. The Grayzone just published an article on WHO director Tedros, his conflicts of interest and unethical practice
        https://thegrayzone.com/2022/01/18/rogue-who-chief-tedros-pandemic-shadow-un-tplf-ethiopia/

  4. Sigh!

    In fact Israel has a universal franchise which includes one and a half Israeli citizens of Arab origin. So not apartheid.
    Meanwhile the Palestinian Authority and Hamas in Gaza avoid holding elections because they fear being booted out by their own people. They torture and murder their Arab opposition and kill homosexuals.

    1. A fruit salad of words that don’t make much sense and the sentences that are able to be read contain half truths and gross distortions of facts. Surely you can do better than that – or do you need to revise Hasbara for Dummies?

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