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| + | '''Apartheid''' was a system of institutionalised racial segregation between blacks, coloureds and whites that existed in [[South Africa]] and [[Namibia]]from 1948 until the early 1990s. The [[Israeli]] government's institutionalised discrimination between [[Jews]] and Arabs in [[Israel]] and the occupied territories in [[Palestine]] has also been described as Apartheid. | ||
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| + | In May 2021, US Congresswoman [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]] labelled [[Israel]] “an apartheid state” after a week of [[Israeli]] military attacks on [[Gaza]] and claimed, therefore, it cannot be a democracy.<ref>''[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/aoc-israel-palestine-gaza-apartheid-b1848703.html "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez calls Israel an ‘apartheid state’"]''</ref> | ||
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==Official narrative== | ==Official narrative== | ||
| − | Governments outside [[South Africa]] achieved a wide | + | Governments outside [[South Africa]] achieved a wide consensus in their condemnation of the institutionalised racism which was apartheid. |
==De facto policy== | ==De facto policy== | ||
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Apartheid was a system of institutionalised racial segregation between blacks, coloureds and whites that existed in South Africa and Namibiafrom 1948 until the early 1990s. The Israeli government's institutionalised discrimination between Jews and Arabs in Israel and the occupied territories in Palestine has also been described as Apartheid.
In May 2021, US Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez labelled Israel “an apartheid state” after a week of Israeli military attacks on Gaza and claimed, therefore, it cannot be a democracy.[1]
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Official narrative
Governments outside South Africa achieved a wide consensus in their condemnation of the institutionalised racism which was apartheid.
De facto policy
The UK government provided support for the apartheid government of South Africa.[2] Le Cercle was a valued deep state milieu into which South African spooks and diplomats were welcomed.
Related Quotations
| Page | Quote | Author | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaner Broederbond | “Do you realize what a powerful force is gathered here between these four walls?..Show me a greater power in Africa. Show me a greater power anywhere, even in your so-called civilized world."” | H. J. Klopper | 1968 |
| Control Risks | “Control Risks would continue the ISC's previous assistance to South Africa: in 1986, it set up a syndicate for British companies trading with South Africa. For a price of £1,500 per place, Control Risks informed the syndicate's members of "the activities of anti-apartheid groups in Europe, their relationship to terrorist groups and their intentions".” | David Teacher |
Related Documents
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Document:Returning the Sausages | Article | 24 September 2024 | Mike Small | "Keir Starmer’s speech to conference was one of the most stage-managed and vapid addresses I’ve ever seen. It’s not enough to have hollowed out his party, the idea of being a protestor – or having values – or even using accurate language to describe the horrors going on in Gaza must be banned and mocked." |
| Document:South Africa’s Case Was a Display of International Solidarity - We Should Support It | Article | 12 January 2024 | Jeremy Corbyn | At the International Court of Justice, South Africa spoke on behalf of the billions of people who oppose Israel's genocide in Gaza — and put Western governments to shame for their deplorable complicity. |
| Document:Watch the West continue to make a mockery of international law | blog post | 19 July 2024 | Jonathan Cook | The World Court concludes that the Palestinians are owed massive reparations. At a bare minimum, western governments must recognise the state of Palestine and impose sanctions on Israel until it withdraws from the occupied territories. |
| Document:Who Are the Terrorists? | blog post | 18 October 2024 | Craig Murray | "In 1985 the official position of the British state was that the ANC were terrorists and apartheid South Africa were the good guys. In 2024 the official position of the British state is that Hamas and Hezbollah are terrorists and apartheid Israel are the good guys. The state can be wrong." |
| File:Un-escwa-israel-apartheid-report.pdf | report | 17 March 2017 | Richard Falk Virginia Tilley | The Apartheid nature of the Israeli State in its treatment of its non-jewish Palestinian population |
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