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FISCHBERGER: Apartheid Here, Apartheid There, Apartheid Truly Everywhere

Eitan Fischberger
FISCHBERGER: Apartheid Here, Apartheid There, Apartheid Truly Everywhere
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“Up, up, down, down, right, left, and all around.” That is what supporters of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement (BDS) think when they think about Israel.

Yet, Israeli-Arabs have served in the Israeli Supreme Court, Knesset (parliament), military, and national police force. Following the national elections in September 2019, the joint Arab party became the third-largest in the entire Knesset. But the area over the “Green Line” is disputed territory and, therefore, BDS (il)logically claims everything in Israel is tantamount to apartheid.

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