Apartheid

Brad Schneider warns Democrats on antisemitism in Hasan Piker controversy

“Hasan Piker is an unapologetic antisemite,” Schneider, who chairs the New Democratic Coalition, wrote in a post on X.

Hasan Piker attends a press conference during day three of Web Summit Qatar 2026 at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center in Doha, Qatar, on February 3, 2026.
 Photo taken of the Israel Apartheid billboard outside of the Usdan University Center on the Wesleyan University campus.

Israel Apartheid Week marked globally with focus on student protests, BDS support

Regent Xami in Jerusalem’s Old City, with the Western Wall behind him.

A voice from apartheid: South Africa's Regent Xami’s calls for indigenous support of Israel

Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil attends a pro-Palestinian protest outside Columbia University, in Manhattan in New York City, US, October 7, 2025

Columbia University denies campus access to activist Mahmoud Khalil over safety concerns


After dedicating award to Israel, South African cricket player investigated for hate speech

In response to his pro-Israel comments, the local Palestine Solidarity Alliance filed a complaint with the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee, which launched an investigation.

Protestors call for the severing of diplomatic ties with Israel during a march in Cape Town, South Africa, May 15, 2018

Rashida Tlaib's 'coexistence' is a laughable contradiction - opinion

Israel is the sole island of freedom, human rights, and peaceful coexistence amid a sea of tyranny, dehumanization, and violent oppression. 

 US REP. Rashida Tlaib (left) kisses Rep. Cori Bush as they take part in a protest outside the US Capitol in Washington last month, calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.

Israel 'worse than Nazis,' Gaza is a concentration camp - former UK MP

Chris Williamson, a former Labour MP, has claimed that Israel is an apartheid regime and that the IDF killed Israeli civilians in Hamas' October 7 attack.

Official portrait of Chris Williamson

South Africa to call in Israeli envoy for formal reprimand

South Africa criticized the ambassador this week over public comments he made but did not specify what he had said.

 South African President Cyril Ramaphosa replies to questions in parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, May 11, 2023.

Why has South Africa's gov't backed Hamas, abandoned its Jews? - opinion

Government leaders have reached out to Jewish communities. They have spoken in synagogues, offered condolences, and expressed their love and support. Not in South Africa.

 People hold Palestinian and South African flags during a demonstration in support of Palestinians at Three Anchor Bay in Cape Town, South Africa, October 22, 2023.

Israel’s apartheid caused Hamas massacre, kidnapping, says US Rep. Tlaib

Israel’s Ambassador to the United States Michael Herzog condemned the statement.

 REP. RASHIDA TLAIB attends a pro-Palestinian rally in Dearborn, Michigan, in 2021.

UK's Labour erases apartheid claims from anti-Israel event, Corbyn irate

Renaming a Palestinian Solidarity Campaign event, to exclude accusations of apartheid against Israel, has ruffled more than a few feathers.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators attend a protest following a flare-up of Israeli-Palestinian violence, in London, Britain May 22, 2021.

Israel is not an apartheid state, former South African defense minister says

Mosiuoa Lekota: "In Israel, you won't find the same divisions between Jews and non-Jews that we used to witness during apartheid."

 Former South African defense minister Mosiuoa Lekota looks on during an interview with Reuters at his residence in Midrand

The Right vilifies Oslo, but has never offered an alternative - opinion

There is a lot that can be written today – 30 years later – about the Oslo Accords, whether they were misguided, an example of political naïveté or the right vision, but it misses the main point.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu shakes hands with PA head Mahmoud Abbas at the funeral of Shimon Peres, in Jerusalem, 2016. The Oslo process has been continued by every government including by Benjamin Netanyahu, says the writer.

Letters to the Editor September 11, 2023: Major and valued exercise

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

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