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And in the US, blacks have, on paper at least, 100% equal rights as whites, since 1964. But then why did millions of people take to the streets to demand that black lives should matter as much as white lives? Perhaps it is because claiming equality doesn't matter if it's not enforced. 
The critics of Israeli apartheid, like former president Jimmy Carter, and Amnesty International, former victims of South African Apartheid, Israeli Human Right advocates, and the United Nations, point out how laws favor the preferred ethnic group of Jewish residents while harming the non-preferred ethnic groups of primarily Palestinians.
we need to throw this idea that we can't criticize the Israeli government right out the window.
their government is not a representation of the Jewish people as a whole.
when they do crazy things like elected nutjobs that like to get on their soapbox and say things like children that throw stones should be executed has nothing to do with being Jewish. >

You know what is antisemetic, saying Hitler didn’t want to do the Holocaust, it was the Muslims who pushed him into doing the Holocaust. Not even joking, Benny Boi actually said that disgusting shit.
Edit why the downvotes? I cited my source. It’s right there. Are you all refusing to read the Reuters Article from 2015? >

That’s not anti semitic. Thats maybe rewriting history to some extent. But there were Arab and Muslim powers that supported Hitler and supported his mass murdering of Jews. That’s not completely false. (Iraq was a great ally of the Nazis and Nazi propaganda was actively spread in the Arab world. Hitler is not being seen as an evil person till this day in many parts of the Arab-Muslim world, and there was even massacres by Arabs against Jews inspired by Nazi propaganda. >

Iraq was a part of the British Empire during WW2... >

Not liking the government is not the same thing as not liking the people. >

What about not liking zionists? >

Doesn't represent all Jews either...
And given that it pretty much intrinsically involves ethnic cleansing, I think it's pretty fair to criticize. >

LOL that is their go-to response for anyone that disagrees with the Israeli government. What they're doing to Palestinians is worse than apartheid, it could forseeably escalate to genocide IMO.
Am I now a hater for suggesting that? >

Tbf it's sort of expected the way these parliamentary structures operate.
Unless the minority group is strongly concentrated to guarantee representation, its influence is diluted >

I guess if Israel allowed the Arabs to vote twice, then it would no longer be Apartheid.
Israelis moving into the West Bank really upsets me.
I'm all for people being allowed to move freely to other countries, but it feels wrong when Israelis do it. >

Yeah that intrinsically dilutes political power.
Gentrification in other nations does the same.
Deeply concentrated regions put a cap on political power but are "guaranteed" representation to a higher degree. (the "good" side of gerrymandering, where minority interests are concerned)
But dilution can erase them entirely. >

Serious question. Is Israel not already an ethno-state? >

It is, both legally and practically. >

It is Apartheid though. >

Back in My Day, you had to hate Jews to be Antisemitic! >

Israel doesn't need support.
They should not be supported, and realistically should be facing sanctions for their ethnic cleansing practices. 
They have been playing chicken for years.
They have received unconditional support, with only the barest words of reprimand, which never have teeth, so shey "know" there are no consequences for their actions.
If we aren't willing to condemn them by withdrawing protection, we must be willing to punish them in some way.
(we should have been willing to do so to the USA when they invaded Iraq as well... But 800lb gorillas are tough to punish. Especially ones that have cultivated a deep cultural against accountability) >

Then guess what? I must be anti-Semitic because Israel is an apartheid state. Now. You don't have to take my word for it cuz after all what did I know? But South Africa has called Israel an apartheid state and if there's anybody that can identify apartheid it's South Africa. >

Believing that all people who share the same religion think the same, hence a single entity, such as a Nation State, actually represents all people of that religion (as it implies "all people of that religion think the same") and the religion itself, is deeply prejudicious.
(Ponder on what kind of person goes around saying "all whites/blacks/jews/cristians/so-on think/suppport/do X").
So thinking that Israel represents all Jews is deeply prejudiced towards members of the Judaic Religion because it implies "they all think the same", something called anti-semitism.
Any argument conflating Israel with the whole of Judaism (to the point that criticism of one should always be considered criticism of the other) is extremely prejudiced and likely indicates a person who is deep down a xenophobe trying to make him or herself look otherwise without even noticing he or she is still running around implying that "all these people think the same". >

Which is why I said apartheid STATE, as in the State of Israel. I never said it was the Jewish people. But you are trying to change the discourse. The government of Israel seems to have forgotten that " never again" also applies to them. >

I feel like they were agreeing with you and then adding onto that. >

Nice source >

It is anti-Semitic to be anti-Jewish.  It is not anti-Semitic to be anti-Israel. >

The title is extremely misleading. He's not saying it's not okay to criticize Israel, he's saying that the people that claim that it's an apartheid state are being antisemitic, since they are twisting facts through their world view to make israel look that bad. 
Just look at the comment section here, a lot of the people here are talking about how jews control the narrative through money and power. 
Israel does a lot of terrible things in the west bank, but it's not close to apartheid (creating policies that segregate on the grounds of race). There are 20% of arabs in Israel that are equal citizens in every manner. That is not apartheid. >

According to Amnesty and Human Right reports all Arabs (with or without Israeli passports) are mistreated. >

Not sure what you are referring to, but they most definitely aren't. I lived there for a while, if anything they get slight positive correction for studies (it's easier for them to get accepted to university). They are equal otherwise >

That's kind of the point of the original article.. a lot of voices condemning Israel on really skewed views (out of antisemitism). 
For example, they say Israel imposes Palestinians to security checks, but fails to mention it's because there are repeated attacks coming from those cities against civilians. 
Also it completely ignores the Israeli Arabs that have 100% equal rights.