Israel Matzav

A proper response to 'Israeli apartheid week'

The poster at the top is courtesy of Elder of Ziyon and it strikes me as the perfect illustration for this piece by Ephraim Karsh. A lot of us in the pro-Israel community find ourselves on the defensive this week - defending Israel against the outrageous charges of 'apartheid' that are thrown at us by the American and European Left. Karsh writes - in essence - that the best defense is a good offense.

If apartheid is indeed a crime against humanity, Israel actually is the only apartheid-free state in the Middle East – a state whose Arab population enjoys full equality before the law and more prerogatives than most ethnic minorities in the free world, from the designation of Arabic as an official language to the recognition of non-Jewish religious holidays as legal days of rest.

By contrast, apartheid has been an integral part of the Middle East for over a millennium, and its Arab and Muslim nations continue to legally, politically and socially enforce this discriminatory practice against their hapless minorities.

Why then should an innocent party be under constant pressure to “come clean” while the real culprits are not only left unscathed but also given a worldwide platform to blame others for their own crimes? Rather than engage in incessant apologetics and protestations of innocence, something Jews have been doing for far too long, Israel should adopt a proactive strategy, call a spade a spade and target the real perpetrators of Middle East apartheid: the region’s Arab and Muslim nations.

Arab/Muslim apartheid comes in many forms, and some victims have been subjected to more than one.

Read the whole thing.

Labels: Arab apartheid, Israeli apartheid week

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 11:11 AM