Friday, March 26, 2010

Israel: an apartheid state? - Le Monde diplomatique - English edition

Israel: an apartheid state? - Le Monde diplomatique - English edition

White settlers in South Africa, like Zionist pioneers, colonised a land already inhabited. As in South Africa, the settlers in Palestine expelled the indigenous population, some two-thirds of the Palestinians in the land that became Israel in 1948, took possession of their properties and legally segregated those who remained.

1 comment:

The Mound of Sound said...

Earlier this week the Israeli progressive newspaper "Haaretz" called the illegal occupation of Jerusalem and the West Bank just that - apartheid. Too bad Michael Ignatieff has parked his principles to pander for votes.