Bantustans

Simon KAPWEPWE (standing), Foreign Minister of Zambia, addressing the Seminar on Apartheid, Racial Discrimination and Colonialism. 4/Aug/1967 (UN Photo)
Unlike South Africa, the world is giving Israel a pass on apartheid
A UN Security Council resolution rejecting South Africa’s 1983 constitution shows that there is precedent and necessity to act against Israel’s Nation-State Law. In a referendum on November 2, 1983, White voters in apartheid South Africa approved a new constitution to restructure their political system. In addition to consolidating executive power with the presidency, a tricameral parliament…
By Amjad Iraqi July 26, 2019
Hundreds of Catalan independence supporters rally against a visit by King Felipe VI to Girona, Catalonia, June 26, 2014. (Ariet/CC BY-NC 2.0)
No, Catalonia isn’t Palestine
Some in Israel are drawing parallels between the Catalonian demand for national self-determination and Palestinian independence. The two situations are nothing alike. The referendum over Catalonian secession underway in Spain is turning into a serious political crisis, which threatens to become a European crisis that could dwarf even Brexit. The European Union has succeeded at tampering…
By Noam Sheizaf October 1, 2017
Labor chairman Isaac Herzog (Photo by Activestills.org)
Why Herzog’s diplomatic plan looks an awful lot like apartheid
Looking closely at Labor’s plan, the logic behind it becomes clear: since it is difficult to envision a Palestinian state in the foreseeable future, Israel should no longer be ashamed of putting Palestinians in Bantustans. By Neve Gordon On Sunday night, Israel’s Labor Party unanimously approved their leader’s diplomatic plan. Labor’s premier Isaac Herzog laid…
By +972 Magazine February 11, 2016
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Professor Alan M. Dershowitz. (photo: The Huntington/CC BY 2.0)
Ten reasons why the anti-Apartheid movement is immoral, hinders peace
Alan Dershowitz published an op-ed in Haaretz on Wednesday giving his top 10 reasons why boycotting Israel is immoral. What if he wrote the same article in 1974 about the anti-Apartheid movement? It might look something like this. By Sol Salbe Ten reasons why the anti-Apartheid movement is immoral and hinders peace The anti-South African movement…
By +972 Magazine February 13, 2014
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