Apartheid

In the fog of a justified war, Israel does little to stop settler violence - opinion

While settler attacks on West Bank Palestinian villagers and farmers continue to escalate, the government has done little but turn a blind eye.

|ByJOSHUA M. DAVIDSON
Palestinians stand at the scene where vehicles and homes were set on fire following an attack by extremist Jewish settlers on the village of Deir al-Hatab, east of Nablus in the West Bank, March 22, 2026.
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.

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.

|ByGRACE GILSON/JTA
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

This year's theme is "IAW Back on Campuses Worldwide: Palestine Frees Us All," 21 years after the first IAW event at the University of Toronto, Canada, in 2005.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
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

Xami, who lived through South Africa’s apartheid, offered invaluable testimony on the misuse of that term against Israel and the deep sense of kinship many indigenous nations feel toward Jews.

|ByGIL LEWINSKY

Netanyahu to NBC: Apartheid's hogwash, real danger is ethnic cleansing of Jews

The absence of a Palestinian military does not mean that there is an apartheid system, Netanyahu said in reference to the West Bank. 

AUGUST 1, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
A placard depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen as people demonstrate on the 'Day of National Resistance' in protest against him and his nationalist coalition government's judicial overhaul, near U.S. Consulate in Tel Aviv, Israel July 18, 2023

American Anthropological Association votes to boycott Israeli academic institutions

The boycott applies only to formal collaborations with the association itself, and it does not apply to individual Israeli academics.

JULY 25, 2023ByANN LAPIN/JTA
WE MUST stand together against BDS and all forms of antisemitism.

Why do some US Congress members have unwavering hostility to Israel? - opinion

No matter what new way members of the Squad choose to demonize Israel, we will continue to fight for what is morally right on the streets.

JULY 25, 2023ByZINA RAKHAMILOVA
US REPRESENTATIVE Ilhan Omar speaks as Representative Rashida Tlaib looks on at a news conference, on Capitol Hill, in 2021.

US House overwhelmingly passes resolution supporting Israel, denouncing antisemitism

The symbolic measure, endorsed by an overwhelming vote of 412-9 in the US House of Representatives, affirms that Israel "is not a racist or apartheid state."

JULY 19, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) lead a House Progressive Caucus news conference on Capitol Hill in the midst of ongoing negotiations seeking a deal to raise the United States' debt ceiling and avoid a catastrophic default, in Washington, U.S. May 24, 2023.

Israeli embassy slams German scholar for accusing Israel of 'apartheid'

Muriel Asseburg compared the standards the West used to assess conflict in Ukraine versus in Palestinian territories and accused Israel of "apartheid".

JULY 14, 2023ByEVA ROYTBURG
Protesters call for boycott of Israel [file]

ICC must probe Israel for crime of apartheid, Rapporteur tells UNHRC

Albanese accused Israel of turning the Palestinian territories into "a constantly surveilled open-air prison."

JULY 11, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL Court, The Hague.

Owning a piece of Jerusalem: A thrill that never leaves - opinion

Jerusalem isn't as overtly beautiful as Venice, as magical as Paris, as dignified as London, as overwhelming as New York or as exotic as Hong Kong. It's like a modest woman who doesn't flaunt herself

JUNE 17, 2023ByDVORA WAYSMAN
An aerial view of Jerusalem taken ahead of Jerusalem Day in 2023.

Israeli civilians don't deserve human rights, according to Amnesty International - opinion

Nowadays, Amnesty spends a disproportionate amount of its time demonizing the world’s only Jewish state – and working to undermine Israel’s existence by making up false charges against it. 

MAY 10, 2023ByDAVID COLLIER
WASHINGTON - APRIL 30: Activists from Amnesty International protest holding signs near the U.S. Capitol on April 30, 2009 in Washington, DC. The protesters were marking U.S. President Barack Obama's 100th day in office and calling for an independent investigation into alleged human rights abuses by

French parliament declares Israel not an apartheid state

Habib called the accusation that Israel is an apartheid state “the biggest fake news of the 21st century” and “the fuel that drives all of the antisemites in the world.”

MAY 4, 2023ByLAHAV HARKOV
A man wearng a T-shirt with the message, "Boycott Israel Apartheid" holds a Palestinian flag during a protest action on a bridge overlooking umbrellas placed along the artificial beach along the "Paris Plages" event, in Paris, France, August 13, 2015. Paris' decision to celebrate "Tel Aviv on Seine"

Israeli apartheid: A widespread lie difficult to fight - opinion

At its core, the apartheid lie depicts Jews who have returned to their ancestral homeland as “settler colonialists” and “foreign interlopers,” comparing them to South African whites during apartheid.

APRIL 28, 2023ByROBERT HORENSTEIN
People protest with their cellphones as Israel’s Economy Minister Nir Barkat (not pictured) speaks at the 2023 Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona on February 27.