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WHY ISRAEL
justice movements. They claim Israel’s government oppresses Palestinians with the same kind of racial discrimination that white South Africans once used against black South Africans under apartheid. This vicious lie has spread throughout aca- demia and infected the United Nations. The old anti-Semitism of blatant hatred of Jews has been repackaged as anti-Zionism and hatred of Israel.
DEFINITION OF APARTHEID: specifically: a former policy of segregation and political and economic discrimination against non-European groups in the Republic of South Africa.
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BDS places responsibility for the political actions of Israel’s government on not only innocent Israeli civilians simply trying to provide a living for their families, but it also demonizes any Jewish or non-Jewish person seen as supporting Israel. In many cases, Jews on college campuses are singled out for harassment
16 Image by Naveen Anjum, “Israel versus South African apartheid,” Israel is Legitimate, https://israelislegitimate.org/israelvssouthafrica/.
