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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. Nowadays, the [[Israeli]] government's institutionalised discrimination between [[Jews]] and [[Palestinians]] in [[Israel]] and the occupied territories in the [[Middle East]] 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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The UK government provided support for the apartheid government of South Africa.<ref>https://www.news24.com/Columnists/GuestColumn/declassified-apartheid-profits-le-cercle-the-phantom-profiteers-20171026</ref> [[Le Cercle]] was a valued [[deep state milieu]] into which South African [[spooks]] and [[diplomat]]s were welcomed. | The UK government provided support for the apartheid government of South Africa.<ref>https://www.news24.com/Columnists/GuestColumn/declassified-apartheid-profits-le-cercle-the-phantom-profiteers-20171026</ref> [[Le Cercle]] was a valued [[deep state milieu]] into which South African [[spooks]] and [[diplomat]]s were welcomed. | ||
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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. Nowadays, the Israeli government's institutionalised discrimination between Jews and Palestinians in Israel and the occupied territories in the Middle East 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
In many countries, one category of human beings don’t even have the right to show their face – that’s apartheid, and it should be the social justice issue of our time - Bill Maher - HBO |
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
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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 |
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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. |
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 |