Apartheid

Europe does not view Israel as an apartheid state, EU ambassador tells ‘Post’ - interview

EU Ambassador to Israel Michael Mann admits Jerusalem ties are strained, but stresses it "would be completely misleading to imagine that we make harsher comments about Israel than other countries."

The 'Post's' Amichai Stein with EU Ambassador to Israel Michael Mann on June 18, 2026.
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar speaks at a press conference on the day of an EU-Israel Association Council with European Union foreign ministers in Brussels, Belgium, February 24, 2025.

Israel's FM cuts ties with EU foreign policy chief after latter's apartheid remarks

JEWS AND Arabs take part in a demonstration against Israeli settlements in the West Bank and to mark the anniversary of the Six-Day War in Haifa, northern Israel, June 6, 2026.

Man arrested for waving Palestine flag at joint Jewish-Arab anti-government protest

Sally Rooney, left, promotes her novel "Intermezzo" at London’s Southbank Centre, Sept. 25, 2024.

Sally Rooney to issue novel in Hebrew with Israeli publisher who complies with BDS


The right to exist as a Jewish state - opinion

While it may be true that Arabs within the Jewish state suffer certain forms of discrimination, the reality is that the opportunities for Arabs in Israel far exceed those in most modern Arab states.

 THEN-US president Bill Clinton is flanked by then-prime minister Ehud Barak and then-PA head Yasser Arafat at their Camp David summit in 2000. The Second Intifada erupted in September just after final status negotiations were approaching a degree of fruition at Camp David in July, says the writer.

Biden's failure to build a legacy - opinion

History will not remember the words spoken at funerals but the actions taken in moments of crisis. And right now, Joe Biden’s actions – or lack thereof – are an indelible stain on his presidency.

 US PRESIDENT Joe Biden attends Jimmy Carter’s state funeral at Washington National Cathedral, last Thursday. Biden’s eulogy for Carter could have been a moment of reckoning; instead, it became a stark reminder of his own moral failures, the writer argues.

Is there apartheid in Israel? - opinion

Israel is a democratic state that offers equal rights to all its citizens, including Palestinian citizens of Israel – who make up about 20% of the population.

 SUPREME COURT Justice Khaled Kabub leans forward, acknowledging the applause of others, at a ceremony of newly-appointed judges at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, in 2022.

'The fall of the Oxford Union': The debased debate on Israel and apartheid - opinion

The November 28 debate on Israel and apartheid is likely to be counted among the more notorious episodes in the records of the Oxford Union.

 Students and speakers prepare to start an Oxford Union debate.

Biden spotted with book that accuses Israel of settler-colonialism, apartheid

The spotting has drawn mixed reactions from both pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli groups that are unclear as to what message is being sent.

 US President Joe Biden seen leaving a bookstore in Massachusetts with "The hundred Years War on Palestine," November 29, 2024.

Yoseph Haddad: Taking pride in being Arab Israeli

Love him or hate him, people listen to Yoseph Haddad. And to say that this approach has been effective is an understatement. In Israel, he’s a virtual rock star.

 Yoseph Haddad at a London demonstration calling for support for Israel and the return of the hostages.

Haaretz co-owner Leonid Nevzlin criticizes publisher’s remarks on Israel’s wartime actions

Amos Schocken, the newspaper’s publisher, described Israel’s governance in these territories as a “cruel apartheid regime” and referred to certain Palestinian terrorists as “freedom fighters.”

Haaretz newspaper on a shelf alongside The New York Times

President Cyril Ramaphosa: 'We South Africans know what apartheid looks like'

"The violence the Palestinian people are being subjected to is a grim continuation of more than half a century of apartheid that has been perpetrated against Palestinians by Israel," Ramaphosa said.

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa speaks at the 79th United Nations General Assembly, at UN headquarters in New York. September 24, 2024.

A letter to John Dugard: Time to recognize Hamas's violations of int'l law - opinion

John, it is not too late for you, as an authority on international law, to seek to promote the principles of that code regarding Hamas while there is still time.

 SOUTH AFRICAN legal team leader John Dugard attends an ICJ session on emergency measures against Israel, following accusations by South Africa that the IDF operation in Gaza is a state-led genocide, in The Hague, in January.

'It's apartheid': John Oliver complains Israel is building 'illegal' settlements in the West Bank

“Just because it's a nice place to live doesn't make it any less illegal under international law," Oliver stated in the episode.

JOHN OLIVER at the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles.