The actions of the Israeli government in implementing a legal apartheid in their country must surely be condemned, but no. Israel appears to be immune to such condemnation, at least in any meaningful form.
Having occupied land previously home to a variety of Arab tribes, Israeli settlers have gradually extended their sphere of influence, pushing the original Palestinians further to the periphery of their former lands. The Israeli government has ignored numerous international calls for it to give up the occupied West Bank area and also to stop its continuing creation of new settlements in disputed territory; it has continued to use massive and lethal force against poorly armed, often unarmed, Palestinians.
Now, a new law has been introduced which effectively makes anyone who is not a Jew a second class citizen; Palestinians, and others, whose families have lived in the region for centuries have been declared to have none of the accepted rights of self-determination that apply globally. In effect, the government of Israel has introduced apartheid.
When the government of South Africa behaved in such a way, it was condemned and ultimately ostracized. When the government of Southern Rhodesia did something similar, it was driven into submission through the imposition of draconian sanctions, although when the white regime was replaced by a far worse indigenous African one, the international response was rather more muted. It seems that the actions of some groups are treated rather differently from the actions of others.
The Israeli government is a disgrace. It's extremist attitudes would not be tolerated if they were exhibited by an Islamic state or, indeed, most others. Why does the world do nothing in the face of such behaviour ?
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