Is Israel an Apartheid State? If So, What Must Be Done?

A panel for Israeli Apartheid Week 2021, featuring Hanan Ashrawi, John Dugard, Gideon Levy and Virginia Tilley. Moderated by David Kattenburg of Independent Jewish Voices.

Israeli apartheid. Israel and its lobbyists boil over with anger when they hear the term. Many media outlets avoid it. While global social justice initiatives like Israeli Apartheid Week or the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign have been smeared as antisemitic, including by the Canadian government, they continue to gather steam around the world, gaining the support of Jews, Palestinians, and people of all faiths and races. Palestinians have long referred to their day-to-day realities as “apartheid.” Numerous legal scholars and academics argue Israel does practice apartheid. The leading Israeli human rights organization, B’tselem, has just released a ground-breaking report this year labelling Israel as an apartheid regime over all the territory it controls.

If Israel is an apartheid state, as many argue, how can we work to end Israeli apartheid and win equality and justice for everyone living in the region?

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We need a final solution for apartheid everywhere.

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We need a final solution for apartheid everywhere.