Tag: Apartheid
US law professor elected to UN committee criticized for stances on anti-Semitism, Israel
Gay McDougall, who was elected to serve on the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) on Thursday, has elicited concern over her record on anti-Israel bias and anti-Semitism.
McDougall, 73, a distinguished...
Chief rabbi calls out South Africa’s president over Israel ‘apartheid’ allegations
South Africa’s Sunday Times published an open letter by Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who compared Israel to South Africa under apartheid.
Goldstein challenged the president’s claim, saying “the truth is that...
Canada joins US, Australia in steering clear of events related to 20 years of...
The Canadian government said on Thursday that it will not participate in upcoming events marking the 20th anniversary of a U.N.-sponsored anti-racism conference that singled out Israel for criticism.
The announcement was made on the...
Human Rights Watch crosses the line with latest attack on Israel
Anti-Semitism may be the world’s oldest hatred, but it’s still a long way from death’s door. What I find particularly distressing, if not surprising, is to see self-proclaimed human rights activists demonizing the world’s...
South Africa’s chief justice confronts the apartheid analogy
As of this writing, South Africa’s Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng was on day seven of a 10-day deadline to publicly apologize for a speech he made last year in which he offered a full-throated...
UK student union president receives backlash for joining event with BDS leader
The president of Britain’s National Union of Students (NUS) has sparked outrage for agreeing to speak alongside BDS movement founder Omar Barghouti at an event for Israel Apartheid Week.
Larissa Kennedy, elected last July, is...
Israel bars anti-Zionist groups from lecturing in schools amid B’Tselem claims of ‘apartheid’
Earlier this month, Israel’s education minister moved to ban B’Tselem from lecturing in Israeli schools after the self-described human-rights group accused the government of being an “apartheid regime.”
“The Ministry of Education under my leadership...
Israeli education minister bans groups maligning country, IDF from schools
Israeli Education Minister Yoav Gallant on Sunday issued an order to ban groups that slander the Israeli Defense Forces and call Israel an “apartheid state” from giving talks in schools.
The move came in response...
Florida Democratic leader: Criticism of Israel’s ‘apartheid policies’ not anti-Semitic
The treasurer of the Miami-Dade Democratic Party in Florida on Tuesday said criticism of Israel’s “apartheid policies” is not anti-Semitic.
“What I will NEVER do is pretend that honest criticism of Israeli apartheid policies is...
Corbyn faces scandal after revelation of document accusing Israel of ‘apartheid’
British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn signed a 2002 document that accuses Israel of committing genocide against the Palestinian people, it was revealed over the weekend.
The Cairo Declaration calls for a boycott of Israel, and accuses...