Apartheid

Sally Rooney to issue novel in Hebrew with Israeli publisher who complies with BDS

That move prompted backlash in Israel and beyond, including calls to boycott Rooney’s work, with Israeli bookstore chains reportedly removing some of her books from shelves.

|ByANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA
Sally Rooney, left, promotes her novel "Intermezzo" at London’s Southbank Centre, Sept. 25, 2024.
Palestinians throw stones at Jewish settlers as they establish a pastoral outpost at the site where Jewish settler Yehuda Sherman was murdered, near the village of Beit Mirin north of Nablus in the West Bank.

‘Settler violence’: A buzzword used to single out Israel - opinion

Settler violence is frequently deployed as a label that implies state responsibility.

|ByALAN BAKER
Palestinians stand at the scene where vehicles and homes were set on fire following an attack by extremist Jewish settlers on the village of Deir al-Hatab, east of Nablus in the West Bank, March 22, 2026.

In the fog of a justified war, Israel does little to stop settler violence - opinion

While settler attacks on West Bank Palestinian villagers and farmers continue to escalate, the government has done little but turn a blind eye.

|ByJOSHUA M. DAVIDSON
Hasan Piker attends a press conference during day three of Web Summit Qatar 2026 at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center in Doha, Qatar, on February 3, 2026.

Brad Schneider warns Democrats on antisemitism in Hasan Piker controversy

“Hasan Piker is an unapologetic antisemite,” Schneider, who chairs the New Democratic Coalition, wrote in a post on X.

|ByGRACE GILSON/JTA

French parliament declares Israel not an apartheid state

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.”

MAY 4, 2023ByLAHAV HARKOV
A man wearng a T-shirt with the message, "Boycott Israel Apartheid" holds a Palestinian flag during a protest action on a bridge overlooking umbrellas placed along the artificial beach along the "Paris Plages" event, in Paris, France, August 13, 2015. Paris' decision to celebrate "Tel Aviv on Seine"

Israeli apartheid: A widespread lie difficult to fight - opinion

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.

APRIL 28, 2023ByROBERT HORENSTEIN
People protest with their cellphones as Israel’s Economy Minister Nir Barkat (not pictured) speaks at the 2023 Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona on February 27.

New documentary spreads false facts about US anti-BDS laws

Major American media outlets promote the film and amplify its patently false claims and narrative.

APRIL 11, 2023ByJOSH HALPERN
A PROMOTIONAL poster for the documentary ‘Boycott.’

Passover: Israelis should embrace freedom to protest, voice opinions

As we celebrate Passover, Easter and Ramadan this year, Israelis should embrace their freedom to voice their opinions and protest with impunity.

MARCH 31, 2023BySTEVE LINDE
Part of the wall of names of Keydán’s Jews who perished in the Holocaust.

Amnesty International report slams 'Israel’s system of apartheid'

The report also said that women's rights and freedom of protest are under threat.

MARCH 28, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
An activist from Amnesty International UK poses outside Downing Street wearing a mask depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in London, Britain, March 23, 2023.

Beitar Illit mayor calls to kick Arab-Israelis, Palestinians out of buses

Rubenstein made his comments against the backdrop of an attempted terror blast on a bus in his West Bank settlement.

MARCH 14, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Beitar Illit mayor Meir Rubenstein speaks with supporters at his campaign headquarters after winning the elections, in Beitar Illit, on October 30, 2018

Israel slams 'disgraceful' South Africa vote to downgrade diplomatic ties

The action to downgrade both SA's diplomatic ties with Israel and the embassy to the status of a liaison office was already taken one year ago.

MARCH 8, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa gives an opening address during the African National Congress (ANC) national policy conference at the Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa, July 29, 2022.

South Africa: A tale of two countries

South Africa is a glorious tourist destination, as long as you keep your head on a swivel and watch out for the many, many scams. But it all seems to be teetering.

FEBRUARY 24, 2023ByLARRY BUTCHINS
Mansions, barbed wire and trash in Cape Town

Barcelona mayor severs ties with twin city of Tel Aviv, citing Israeli ‘apartheid’

Barcelona and Tel Aviv entered the relationship in 1998 - when both cities jointly signed a "twin city" agreement with Gaza City.

FEBRUARY 9, 2023ByJACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA, ZVIKA KLEIN
ADA COLAU poses during her swearing-in ceremony as the new mayor of Barcelona, in 2019.

UNHRC discriminates against Israel, should send rapporteur home - opinion

Appointing a UNHRC rapporteur to Israel is an outrageous and totally fictitious antisemitic assessment of the relationship between our Arab citizens and residents, and the Jewish Israeli public.

JANUARY 31, 2023ByWALTER BINGHAM
MICHAEL LYNK, then-special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories, attends a session of the Human Rights Council at the UN in Geneva, in 2019.