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.

APRIL 12, 2026|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.

MARCH 26, 2026|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.

MARCH 25, 2026|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.

DECEMBER 20, 2025|ByGIL LEWINSKY

Is Israel an apartheid state? A narrative's origins in South Africa

Can Israel really be regarded as an apartheid state in the way that South Africa was when it was ruled by the Afrikaner Nationalist Party?

DECEMBER 2, 2022BySANDRA LEE BRAUDE

Nelson Mandela’s oldest grandson, Mandla Mandela, speaks during a protest by Palestinian supporters calling for Miss South Africa, Lalela Mswane, to withdraw from the Miss Universe pageant in Israel on November 19, 2021.

Israel commemorates South African Jews who fought apartheid

The garden has been named Gan Siyabonga (Gan means “park” in Hebrew; Siyabonga is “We thank you” in Zulu) and will honor South African Jews who fought apartheid.

DECEMBER 2, 2022BySTEVE LINDE

Breaking ground at Gan Siyabonga: (from left) SAZF national chairman Rowan Polovin; JNF-SA chairman Michael Kransdorff; Tel Mond Mayor Lynn Kaplan; JNF-SA executive director Bev Schneider; and JNF-SA president Isla Feldman.

Antisemitism on college campus on the rise - opinion

"Apartheid antisemitism" has been largely neglected by university administrations because it has masked itself as "legitimate political critique."

NOVEMBER 17, 2022ByGIDEON FISHER , SAGI MELAMED

The exterior of The Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University.

Why didn’t human rights groups give Israel’s center-left a break? - analysis

What worries human rights groups and critics in the West the most is an Israeli center-left government that is inclusive of Arabs and which might actually come to an agreement with the Palestinians.

NOVEMBER 16, 2022BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

Outgoing Prime Minister Yair Lapid during the swearing-in ceremony for the new Israeli parliament on the 25th Knesset in Jerusalem, 15 November 2022.

Human rights org. calls on ICC to probe IDF's 'engineer of Israeli apartheid'

IDF Col. Eyal Toledano "was responsible for the legal planning and approval of acts that constitute war crimes," DAWN said in a file sent to the Hague.

OCTOBER 31, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Palestinians clash with Israeli security forces as Israeli bulldozer demolishes a Palestinian house in the West Bank city of Hebron, October 25, 2022

Maher asks ex-PM Netanyahu if Israel will 'retaliate' for Kanye's tweets

Speaking to Bill Maher, former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu additionally rejected claims that Israel is an apartheid state as "ridiculous charges."

OCTOBER 16, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israeli opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu gestures at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on May 16, 2022.

South Africa should restore full ties with Israel - editorial

Pretoria recalled its ambassador to Israel in 2018 following violence along the Israel-Gaza border, and announced a year later that it had officially downgraded its embassy in Ramat Gan.

OCTOBER 15, 2022ByJPOST EDITORIAL

NGO presses EU to condemn Israeli ‘apartheid’ at council meeting

Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, along with the Palestinian NGO Al-Haq, plan to hold a Zoom press conference to highlight allegations of pressing Israeli human-rights violations.

OCTOBER 2, 2022ByTOVAH LAZAROFF