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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]Well Jeff, I guess you should ask Michael Oren:

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-oren-israel-apartheid-20140518-story.html

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No, as a rule, I don't ask former Israeli ambassadors anything. That article is pretty good justification for that rule. I see a lot of lipstick on a very ugly pig, but I don't see any real difference between what he describes and Apartheid. He says some really stupid things such as:

"Israeli roads are used by Israeli Jews and Arabs alike"

and

"Israelis can indeed vote for their leaders, and so too can the Palestinians, but the Palestinian Authority has refused to hold elections for years."

First, an independent but powerless government is one attribute of Apartheid bantustans. Second, the last time the Palestinians held an election, Israel refused to recognize the results. The current fighting may well, in part, be caused by the recent agreement between Hamas and Fatah to hold elections. Israel fears the legitimization of Hamas and was strongly critical of the agreement.

If Palestinians are not able to have full rights like the citizens of any other nation, then being able to use Israeli roads is hardly a consolation. Note that they are described as "Israeli" roads even though the run through territory that is supposed to be Palestinian. I wonder if the Palestinians funded a road from the West Bank to Gaza if it would be a "Palestinian" road, or if Palestinians would even get to use it?
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