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

West Bank 'apartheid' is 'just like Nazi Germany' - former IDF commander

"For 57 years there has been no democracy" in the West Bank, Amiram Levin said. "There is absolute apartheid there."

AUGUST 13, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Amiram Levin speaks at a conference organized by Zionist Camp parliament member Erel Margalit in Tel Aviv. May 22, 2016.

Israeli Bedouin slam new anti-polygamy move as 'cultural apartheid'

The law, proposed by Social Equality Minister Amichai Chikli and Justice Minister Yariv Levin, makes it so that families will only be allocated one plot of land regardless of how many wives.

AUGUST 2, 2023ByMOSHE COHEN/MAARIV, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Women prepare traditional flat bread in the Beduin village of Umm al-Hiran, northeast of Beersheba.

Netanyahu to NBC: Apartheid's hogwash, real danger is ethnic cleansing of Jews

The absence of a Palestinian military does not mean that there is an apartheid system, Netanyahu said in reference to the West Bank. 

AUGUST 1, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
A placard depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen as people demonstrate on the 'Day of National Resistance' in protest against him and his nationalist coalition government's judicial overhaul, near U.S. Consulate in Tel Aviv, Israel July 18, 2023

American Anthropological Association votes to boycott Israeli academic institutions

The boycott applies only to formal collaborations with the association itself, and it does not apply to individual Israeli academics.

JULY 25, 2023ByANN LAPIN/JTA
WE MUST stand together against BDS and all forms of antisemitism.

Why do some US Congress members have unwavering hostility to Israel? - opinion

No matter what new way members of the Squad choose to demonize Israel, we will continue to fight for what is morally right on the streets.

JULY 25, 2023ByZINA RAKHAMILOVA
US REPRESENTATIVE Ilhan Omar speaks as Representative Rashida Tlaib looks on at a news conference, on Capitol Hill, in 2021.

US House overwhelmingly passes resolution supporting Israel, denouncing antisemitism

The symbolic measure, endorsed by an overwhelming vote of 412-9 in the US House of Representatives, affirms that Israel "is not a racist or apartheid state."

JULY 19, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) lead a House Progressive Caucus news conference on Capitol Hill in the midst of ongoing negotiations seeking a deal to raise the United States' debt ceiling and avoid a catastrophic default, in Washington, U.S. May 24, 2023.

Israeli embassy slams German scholar for accusing Israel of 'apartheid'

Muriel Asseburg compared the standards the West used to assess conflict in Ukraine versus in Palestinian territories and accused Israel of "apartheid".

JULY 14, 2023ByEVA ROYTBURG
Protesters call for boycott of Israel [file]

ICC must probe Israel for crime of apartheid, Rapporteur tells UNHRC

Albanese accused Israel of turning the Palestinian territories into "a constantly surveilled open-air prison."

JULY 11, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL Court, The Hague.

Owning a piece of Jerusalem: A thrill that never leaves - opinion

Jerusalem isn't as overtly beautiful as Venice, as magical as Paris, as dignified as London, as overwhelming as New York or as exotic as Hong Kong. It's like a modest woman who doesn't flaunt herself

JUNE 17, 2023ByDVORA WAYSMAN
An aerial view of Jerusalem taken ahead of Jerusalem Day in 2023.

Israeli civilians don't deserve human rights, according to Amnesty International - opinion

Nowadays, Amnesty spends a disproportionate amount of its time demonizing the world’s only Jewish state – and working to undermine Israel’s existence by making up false charges against it. 

MAY 10, 2023ByDAVID COLLIER
WASHINGTON - APRIL 30: Activists from Amnesty International protest holding signs near the U.S. Capitol on April 30, 2009 in Washington, DC. The protesters were marking U.S. President Barack Obama's 100th day in office and calling for an independent investigation into alleged human rights abuses by