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I applaud her for her courage. Israel has seemingly been given leeway to do as they please when it comes to Palestianian freedom of movement. And Google's none

I applaud her for her courage. Israel has seemingly been given leeway to do as they please when it comes to Palestianian freedom of movement. And Google's none the better with their AI drone programme. I mean Palestinians have it hard to put it lightly. Israel is an Apartheid State that's enacting a harsh Apartheid system against these people: * Illegal Settlers living in Palestine can vote in Israel but not Palestinians. Apartheid South Africa did the same, they put the people in their own "country" and so couldn't vote. Israel doesn't want 2 states as that would mean millions more voting. * Israel has ethnically cleansed and fragmented areas into [isolated cantons divided by Israeli settlements](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_enclaves https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_enclaves), and implemented [lebensraum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebensraum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebensraum) tactics. This was called [Bantustans](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bantustan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bantustan) in South Africa. * [It denies Palestinian fishing past 3 nautical miles in some areas, and not past 15 nautical miles](https://www.ochaopt.org/sites/default/files/styles/inline100_standard/public/images/gaza2.png https://www.ochaopt.org/sites/default/files/styles/inline100...) * [The Apartheid Separation wall](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d0/73/81/d07381fffef632350bcbb535bbaeced8.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d0/73/81/d07381fffef632350bcb...)? * The settlers killing, and burning homes to get rid of people and destroying olive tree groves. * [They control the water completely](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_the_State_of_Palestine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in...). * [They get 12 hours of electricity a day](https://www.ochaopt.org/page/gaza-strip-electricity-supply https://www.ochaopt.org/page/gaza-strip-electricity-supply). * Palestinians didn't have 3G until 2018, their access is also restricted. * They [blockade](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockade_of_the_Gaza_Strip https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockade_of_the_Gaza_Strip) Gaza, making it a prison. * [Not All Israeli Citizens Are Equal](https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/24/opinion/not-all-israeli-citizens-are-equal.html https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/24/opinion/not-all-israeli-c...) * There were `5,248,185` Palestinian refugees in 2020; that's equal to half the population of Israel. * [Israel dictates who you can marry](https://preview.redd.it/1k7jnev0pq971.jpg?width=1024&auto=webp&s=8ae55bbb3f4cdf4a5bab72b249b1e003ce2bf926 https://preview.redd.it/1k7jnev0pq971.jpg?width=1024&auto=we...) * [Segregated road system](https://s3.amazonaws.com/VP2/visuals/en/4db97391fe7cb246224980917f5bd997.png?2015 https://s3.amazonaws.com/VP2/visuals/en/4db97391fe7cb2462249...) * 50% of Palestinians are children. As someone from South Africa, I've seen ethnic cleansing and Israel is doing worse. Israel is absolutely an Apartheid state. Various human rights organisations have already stated this And it seems in the comments here, Zionism is conflated with anti-semitism. Zionism is extreme nationalism (at the expense of innocent Palestinians), not anti-Jew.

LtWorf 4y ago
in Italy whatever is said against the weekly human right violation perpetrated by Israel, newspapers will give space to the rabbi of Rome saying something like: "seems we have a nazi problem here in Italy, all the people criticising Israel clearly are just nazis in disguise" Same thing happened in Germany when they tried to forbid religious circumcision on infants.
- WastingMyTime89 4y ago
  Confusing antisemitism, anti-sionism and disagreement with the politics of Israel is a strategic ploy voluntarily put in place by expansionist lobbying groups. The most right wing part of Israel absolutely doesn’t want the world to take a look at what they are doing. As these groups contribute generously to political campaigns in the USA and Europe, politicians are all to happy to play ball. It has reached a point where you can’t even criticise what the Knesset is doing without being labelled anti-sionist and therefore antisemitic.
- shrubble 4y ago
  Shulamit Aloni, Member of the Knesset (Israeli MP): 'it's a trick, we always use it' https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qkD5yfk8Qp0 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qkD5yfk8Qp0
hobom 4y ago
Calling Israel an appartheid state, and your specific examples betray a state of mind which applies arbitrary standards to Israel that never get applied to literally ANY other country in the world. Some of your specific examples: "Illegal Settlers living in Palestine can vote in Israel but not Palestinians." Americans living abroad in France can vote in American elections, but note the French people. Therefore the US is an appartheid state. How is controlling your state border via a wall appartheid?
- helge9210 4y ago
  Let's leave Palestinians for a second. Israeli settler living in occupied territories can vote in Israeli elections. Israeli living in Germany cannot. Both are living abroad, but have different laws applied to them. Having different legal systems for different groups of population is apartheid.

LtWorf 4y ago

in Italy whatever is said against the weekly human right violation perpetrated by Israel, newspapers will give space to the rabbi of Rome saying something like: "seems we have a nazi problem here in Italy, all the people criticising Israel clearly are just nazis in disguise" Same thing happened in Germany when they tried to forbid religious circumcision on infants.

WastingMyTime89 4y ago
Confusing antisemitism, anti-sionism and disagreement with the politics of Israel is a strategic ploy voluntarily put in place by expansionist lobbying groups. The most right wing part of Israel absolutely doesn’t want the world to take a look at what they are doing. As these groups contribute generously to political campaigns in the USA and Europe, politicians are all to happy to play ball. It has reached a point where you can’t even criticise what the Knesset is doing without being labelled anti-sionist and therefore antisemitic.
shrubble 4y ago
Shulamit Aloni, Member of the Knesset (Israeli MP): 'it's a trick, we always use it' https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qkD5yfk8Qp0 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qkD5yfk8Qp0

hobom 4y ago

Calling Israel an appartheid state, and your specific examples betray a state of mind which applies arbitrary standards to Israel that never get applied to literally ANY other country in the world. Some of your specific examples: "Illegal Settlers living in Palestine can vote in Israel but not Palestinians." Americans living abroad in France can vote in American elections, but note the French people. Therefore the US is an appartheid state. How is controlling your state border via a wall appartheid?

helge9210 4y ago
Let's leave Palestinians for a second. Israeli settler living in occupied territories can vote in Israeli elections. Israeli living in Germany cannot. Both are living abroad, but have different laws applied to them. Having different legal systems for different groups of population is apartheid.