John Kerry defended his Israel record, but also agreed that his use of the word “apartheid” to describe the dangers of a failed peace process was not appropriate in a U.S. context. “I have been around long enough to also know the power of words to create a misimpression, even when unintentional, and if I…
Secretary of State John Kerry’s statement to a roomful of world leaders that Israel could become “an apartheid state” if peace talks fail is “deeply troubling,” the American Israel Public Affairs Committee said. Kerry made the remarks Friday during a meeting of the Trilateral Commission, which includes senior officials from the United States, Europe, Russia…
Secretary of State John Kerry warned a roomful of world leaders that Israel could become “an apartheid state” if peace talks fail, the Daily Beast reported. Kerry reportedly made the remarks Friday during a meeting of the Trilateral Commission, which included senior officials from the United States, Europe, Russia and Japan. The Daily Beast on…
Few things get under the skin of supporters of Israel like the use of the term ‘apartheid’ to describe the state or its policies. Less than two weeks ago, a campaign named Rethink2014 was launched by pro-Israel activists to challenge what it calls “the Apartheid smear,” just ahead of the global event known as Israel…
Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday likened new anti-gay legislation in Uganda that imposes harsh penalties for homosexuality to anti-Semitic laws in Nazi Germany or apartheid South Africa. “You could change the focus of this legislation to black or Jewish and you could be in 1930s Germany or you could be in 1950s-1960s apartheid…
Israel’s policies in the West Bank and Gaza Strip appear to amount to apartheid due to its systematic oppression of the Palestinian people and de facto expropriation of their land, a United Nations investigator said in a report. Richard Falk, U.N. special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, said that Palestinian rights are…
In the late 1980s, South Africa experienced a period of violence leading up to Nelson Mandela’s release from prison and to the abolishment of the apartheid government. Sara Blecher, granddaughter of Lithuanian Jewish immigrants, was in the midst of it, working as a journalist. She later realized that the complex intra-black conflicts, which the white…
As a young Jewish woman privileged to have grown up in the new multi-racial South Africa, I like most of my fellow citizens, mourn Nelson Mandela’s passing like that of a family member. Mandela brought out the best in those around him. Women and children always held a special place in our beloved Madiba’s heart,…
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