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Israel’s Nation-State Law also discriminates against Mizrahi Jews

[email protected] January 3, 2019 apartheid, arabic language, discrimination, mizrahi, mizrahim, nation-state law, zionism

Mizrahi academics and activists demand Israel’s High Court strike down the Jewish Nation-State Law, saying it erases their cultural legacy and perpetuates injustices against both them and Palestinian citizens of Israel. As of 2005, 61% of Israeli Jews were of full or partial Mizrahi ancestry.

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My grandfather Nelson Mandela fought apartheid. I see the parallels with Israel

[email protected] October 11, 2018 apartheid, BDS, children, discrimination, Nakba, occupation, prisoners, segregation wall, solidarity, south africa, zionism

While my country has long been free from racist minority rule, the world is not yet free of the crime of apartheid. I see the eerie similarities between Israel’s racial laws and policies towards Palestinians, and the architecture of apartheid in South Africa. We South Africans know apartheid when we see it. In fact, many recognise that, in some respects, Israel’s regime of oppression is even worse.

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