There is much to dispute in the laundry list of accusations against Israel in Amnesty International’s report released Tuesday as well as critiques that are worthy of fair-minded concern and attention. But why all the fierce reaction to one more critical report on Israel?
What makes this document different from prior reports is that it goes beyond criticizing Israeli policies and actions by presenting the world’s only Jewish and democratic state itself as illegitimate, immoral and at fault from its very inception.
The report asserts that Israel is committing apartheid against the Palestinians, and that this system of apartheid “originated with the creation of Israel in May 1948, and has been built and maintained over decades by successive Israeli governments across all territories they have controlled…”
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Source: Forward
URL: https://forward.com/opinion/481994/amnesty-israel-report-has-dangerous-implications-for-jews-and-palestinians/