Reply #7: That assertion is entirely refuted by the settlements [View All]

[FarrenH]

In any event Apartheid's architects denied racism as a motive too. Apartheid was racist, but it wasn't intended to simply be an expression of racism (although its architects were racist). It was about securing resources (land, labour) for a privileged group. That is exactly analogous to what is happening the West Bank. And yes, most settlers are coincidentally racists too.

Israeli Apartheid is fundamentally racist. It factually treats Palestinian rights and interests as being subordinate to Israeli rights and interests. It actively seeks to preserve an Jewish ethnic majority in Israel, hence the refusal to embrace a one-state solution. It displaces Palestinians to make way for what are for the most part exclusively Jewish settlements. That is textbook racism.