Is Israel an Apartheid State? | The Israeli-Palestinian Context | Unpacked

Recent reports by Amnesty International claim that Israel is an apartheid state. You may have come across people using this political phrase, a policy of governmental oppression best known from South Africa, as a smokescreen to describe the relationship between Israelis and Palestinian Arabs living in the West Bank and Gaza. In this episode of The Israeli-Palestinian Context we uncover how this misappropriated connection between apartheid and Israel came to be and find out the true history behind the Israeli government’s relationship with its one million Arab citizens.

Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:55 Comparison of Israel to Apartheid South Africa
01:35 What was Apartheid in South Africa
01:51 Equality of Arab-Israeli citizens in Israeli society
02:07 Israeli-Palestinian security dynamic is not Apartheid
02:22 Roots of the Israeli Apartheid claim
03:14 The 1993 Oslo Accords and PA control in the West Bank
03:56 Reasons for the security wall
04:21 Treatment of Palestinians vs. treatment of black South Africans
05:43 Appropriation of the word "Apartheid"
06:26 Misconception that Israelis are white European Jews
06:58 Coming up: Racial diversity in Israel
07:14 Outro

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About The Israeli-Palestinian Context: Learn about one of the most contested issues of our time, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, through a nuanced exploration of multiple perspectives. In this series we put radical and superficial opinions to the side in order to ask highly debated questions about Zionism, discuss accusations of apartheid, explain who Israelis really are, and more—all in hopes of leading to a better future for both sides.

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