Apartheid

Genocide, apartheid, war crimes: What these claims against Israel mean - opinion

What I have witnessed does not resemble genocide, apartheid, war crimes, or a disproportionate response. It resembles the opposite: a democracy fighting, under enormous restraint, against an enemy.

|ByTUVIA BOOK
People take part in the National March for Palestine - hands off Gaza, a pro-Palestinian protest calling for the government to "end the genocide and stop arming Israel", in London, Britain, January 31, 2026.
People take part in the National March for Palestine - hands off Gaza, a pro-Palestinian protest calling for the government to "end the genocide and stop arming Israel", in London, Britain, January 31, 2026.

Israel not conducting genocide, not guilty of apartheid, new academic study shows

A new academic study examines apartheid, genocide and settler colonialism accusations against Israel, concluding the first two are not established and the third is an inadequate classification.

|ByALEX CARSON
Husam Zomlot, head of the Palestinian Authority's mission to the United Kingdom, gestures during a ceremony after Britain announced on Sunday its recognition of a Palestinian state at the mission's headquarters in London, Britain, September 22, 2025; illustrative.

PA's UK Embassy praises Foreign Sec. Miliband's ban on trade with West Bank settlements

PA Ambassador to the UK Husam Zomlot praised Britain's settlement trade ban as a "turning point" and called for further sanctions, including an arms embargo on Israel.

|ByJAMES GENN
Gaza GenoLIE logo.

The genocide lie (GenoLIE): An unconventional weapon of mass destruction - opinion

Imagine if international responses to the October 7 massacre had been immediate and unequivocal. Instead, history will recall responses of silence, denial, justification, and attacks on Jews.

|ByMICHAL COTLER-WUNSH

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.

Barcelona City Council are breaching IHRA - Opinion

Barcelona City Council are voting to sever ties with Tel Aviv, claiming Israel is an Apartheid

JANUARY 26, 2023ByJUAN CARLOS GIRAUTA
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators hold candles during a protest in front of Catalan Government in Sant Jaume quarter in central Barcelona January 16, 2009 against Israel's attacks on Gaza. The sign reads: "Boycott Israel, boycott apartheid".