An Effective Apartheid.pdf

The term "apartheid" is often associated with South Africa, but it can also apply to other countries with systematic racial discrimination. Israel's treatment of its Arab minority has been compared to apartheid, with some arguing that it constitutes a form of racism and racial discrimination. The United Nations General Assembly has called Zionism "a form of racism and racial discrimination," while others, such as Thomas Franck, argue that the term "racism" has been misapplied to Zionism. Israel denies that its policy towards Arabs is one of apartheid, but the issue remains a topic of controversy, particularly in the context of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The internationally agreed definition of apartheid, as outlined in the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid, involves "inhuman acts committed for the purpose of establishing and maintaining domination by one racial group of persons over any other racial group of persons and systematically oppressing them.