Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert expressed Israel’s fear of a Jewish minority in Ha’aretz, stating, “If the day comes when the two-state solution collapses and we face a South African-style struggle for equal voting rights, the state of Israel is finished.” . ..…

In 1948—the same year Israel was established as a state—apartheid became the official policy of the white South African government, referring to the laws, policies, and practices established by that government to maintain the supremacy of the white minority over the non-white majority. ..…

As Saree Makdisi shows in a recent article, every single major South African apartheid law has a direct equivalent in Israel today. ... The system of regulations that determine access to land inside Israel exemplifies a wide range of these rights. ..…

Proponents of this term charge that supporters of anti- Zionism or Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement, or even critics of Israel more broadly, are guilty of anti-Semitism because attacking Israel is tantamount to attacking Jews.. Surrounded by Latinos, Muslims, African..…