Podlinkowany materiał autorstwa Jonathana Cooka - jednego z najbardziej doświadczonych brytyjskich dziennikarzy zajmujących się problematyka Bliskiego Wschodu - traktuje o implikacjach dla Izraela wynikających z opublikowania raportu Amnesty International, w którym stwierdzono, iż Izrael stosuje politykę kompleksowego apartheidu w stosunku do ludności Palestyńskiej.


"The implication of all these apartheid reports is that Israel, as it is currently constituted, cannot be reformed. As with apartheid South Africa, there has to be a fundamental realignment of power within the region. Change has to be deep and all-encompassing. And as was the case with South Africa, it will not happen without strong international pressure.

That’s why Amnesty has called on the UN Security Council to “impose targeted sanctions, such as asset freezes, against Israeli officials most implicated in the crime of apartheid, and a comprehensive arms embargo on Israel”.

Potentially waiting in the wings is the International Criminal Court, which is examining Israel’s violations of international law. Amnesty has called on the war crimes court to extend its deliberations to consider whether Israel is guilty of apartheid too.

This is likely to prove a decisive moment for Israel. Its narrative, and that of the human rights community, are on a collision course.

Once Israel’s security rationale for oppressing Palestinians is dismissed, as it has been by Amnesty and others by classifying Israel as an apartheid state even inside its recognized borders, then there is only one defensive position left: to call critics antisemitic.

This, of course, is exactly what Israel and its supporters have been doing. Lapid’s foreign ministry issued a press statement labeling the report “false, biased and antisemitic”. Pro-Israel lobby groups variously described Amnesty as “vilifying” and “demonizing” Israel. The UK’s Board of Deputies accused Amnesty of “bad faith”.

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