The symbolic measure, endorsed by an overwhelming vote of 412-9 in the US House of Representatives, affirms that Israel "is not a racist or apartheid state."
Muriel Asseburg compared the standards the West used to assess conflict in Ukraine versus in Palestinian territories and accused Israel of "apartheid".
Albanese accused Israel of turning the Palestinian territories into "a constantly surveilled open-air prison."
Jerusalem isn't as overtly beautiful as Venice, as magical as Paris, as dignified as London, as overwhelming as New York or as exotic as Hong Kong. It's like a modest woman who doesn't flaunt herself
Nowadays, Amnesty spends a disproportionate amount of its time demonizing the world’s only Jewish state – and working to undermine Israel’s existence by making up false charges against it.
Habib called the accusation that Israel is an apartheid state “the biggest fake news of the 21st century” and “the fuel that drives all of the antisemites in the world.”
At its core, the apartheid lie depicts Jews who have returned to their ancestral homeland as “settler colonialists” and “foreign interlopers,” comparing them to South African whites during apartheid.
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