Apartheid

Genocide, apartheid, war crimes: What these claims against Israel mean - opinion

What I have witnessed does not resemble genocide, apartheid, war crimes, or a disproportionate response. It resembles the opposite: a democracy fighting, under enormous restraint, against an enemy.

People take part in the National March for Palestine - hands off Gaza, a pro-Palestinian protest calling for the government to "end the genocide and stop arming Israel", in London, Britain, January 31, 2026.
People take part in the National March for Palestine - hands off Gaza, a pro-Palestinian protest calling for the government to "end the genocide and stop arming Israel", in London, Britain, January 31, 2026.

Israel not conducting genocide, not guilty of apartheid, new academic study shows

Husam Zomlot, head of the Palestinian Authority's mission to the United Kingdom, gestures during a ceremony after Britain announced on Sunday its recognition of a Palestinian state at the mission's headquarters in London, Britain, September 22, 2025; illustrative.

PA's UK Embassy praises Foreign Sec. Miliband's ban on trade with West Bank settlements

Gaza GenoLIE logo.

The genocide lie (GenoLIE): An unconventional weapon of mass destruction - opinion


The Right vilifies Oslo, but has never offered an alternative - opinion

There is a lot that can be written today – 30 years later – about the Oslo Accords, whether they were misguided, an example of political naïveté or the right vision, but it misses the main point.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu shakes hands with PA head Mahmoud Abbas at the funeral of Shimon Peres, in Jerusalem, 2016. The Oslo process has been continued by every government including by Benjamin Netanyahu, says the writer.

Letters to the Editor September 11, 2023: Major and valued exercise

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

 Letters

Tamir Pardo crossed a red line - editorial

In an interview with the Associated Press on Wednesday, Pardo claimed that Israel is implementing an “apartheid state” policy against Palestinians in the West Bank.

 Tamir Pardo, Former Director of the Mossad attends a press conference at the protest tent of the Movement for Quality Government in Israel against the proposed changes to the legal system, outside the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, on February 2, 2023.

Israel is committing apartheid in West Bank, former Mossad chief claims

“In a territory where two people are judged under two legal systems, that is an apartheid state.”

 Tamir Pardo, Former Director of the Mossad at the Herzliya Conference, on May 22, 2023.

Barcelona restores twin cities status with Tel Aviv

Barcelona's status as Tel Aviv's twin city had been suspended in February due to Israeli "apartheid," but the new mayor has reinstated them.

 Barcelona Mayor Jaume Collboni.

There are no anti-Arab 'apartheid' roads in the West Bank - opinion

Arabs of Judea and Samaria can use all the roads, including those in Area C, but for Jewish Israelis, entry into Area A constitutes a criminal offense.

 THE WRITER leads an AFJS group on a tour in Samaria, earlier this month. The Huwara bypass road under construction is in the background.

Israeli minister: West Bank is like a prison, but it's not apartheid

Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu said that Israel isn't an apartheid state. The reason, he said, is that one has to view the Palestinians in the West Bank as prisoners.

  Signs proclaiming Israel to be practising apartheid put up by B'tselem ahead of Biden's visit, July 13,2022

Ann Harris: A Jewish leader and woman of valor - tribute

Ann Harris, who died in March 2023, was a celebrated Jewish communal leader and activist, and her successes stand alone from those of her husband.

 Ann Harris

'Israel hater': Itamar Ben-Gvir trades blows with supermodel Bella Hadid

"In no place, no time, especially in 2023 should one's life be more valuable than another," Hadid wrote in reaction to Ben Gvir's quote.

(L-R) Bella Hadid, Itamar Ben-Gvir

West Bank 'apartheid' is 'just like Nazi Germany' - former IDF commander

"For 57 years there has been no democracy" in the West Bank, Amiram Levin said. "There is absolute apartheid there."

 Amiram Levin speaks at a conference organized by Zionist Camp parliament member Erel Margalit in Tel Aviv. May 22, 2016.