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Israel/Palestine

ericson00

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18. because an occupation between belligerent parties

Reply to Little Tich (Original post)

Sat Aug 27, 2016, 03:17 AM

Aug 2016

is very different than an entity which claims absolute sovereignty over an area (which Israel does not w/respect to the West Bank) limiting its peoples' rights based on race.

Israel has never EVER said the occupation is permanent, nor have their actions. Hence why they went with Oslo and still abide by it, which the Palestinians don't.

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If Israel’s Occupation Is Permanent, Why Isn’t It the Same as Apartheid? [View all] Little Tich Aug 2016 OP

The OP continued: Little Tich Aug 2016 #1

Because the Palestinians in the occupied territory aren't officially israeli citizens. DetlefK Aug 2016 #2

That's what I call it.. Glamrock Aug 2016 #3

Silly article. The Palestinians could've agreed to their own state many times over the decades.... shira Aug 2016 #4

So would it be more correct to call it a temporary state of Apartheid that has existed for almost 50 Little Tich Aug 2016 #5

It's not Apartheid. We've been over this but you're pretending we didn't. n/t shira Aug 2016 #7

Let's look at the validity of the Apartheid analogy one more time just for the fun of it: Little Tich Aug 2016 #10

A pseudo-academic study written by 1-state advocates, not neutral academics. shira Aug 2016 #11

Oh, what the heck - here's another from Human Rights Watch: Little Tich Aug 2016 #12

And yet, HRW doesn't call it Apartheid. Go figure... n/t shira Aug 2016 #13

They're just describing the "separate but unequal" political "two tier system" that discriminates Little Tich Aug 2016 #14

You should ask HRW why they refrain from using the term 'Apartheid'. shira Aug 2016 #17

Because all Israeli citizens have the same rights regardless of race, religion, or ethnicity oberliner Aug 2016 #6

The OP is about the West Bank, not Israel. n/t Little Tich Aug 2016 #9

No it's not oberliner Aug 2016 #15

Are you using the Chewbacca defense? n/t Little Tich Aug 2016 #16

This message was self-deleted by its author Little Tich Aug 2016 #8

because an occupation between belligerent parties ericson00 Aug 2016 #18