Contrary to Michia Moncho’s claim that Israel is "The last apartheid state" (Business Live, February 1), 75% of the 8,399,591 people that live in Israel are a Jewish majority, 21% are Arabs and the other 4% are made up of the Druze, Christians, Baha’is, etc. All enjoy the same equal rights of political and civilian life. These facts alone preclude Israel from Moncho’s disingenuous allegation. This is in stark contrast to apartheid SA (circa 1993) where the white minority (approximately 5-million) controlled and oppressed the lives of the majority (approximately 35-million) black people. Secondly, Judea and Samaria (West Bank) constitutes Jewish land under International law (San Remo resolution 1920), the majority of Arabs that live there obtained Jordanian citizenship as a result of Jordan’s illegal occupation (1948-1967). Today 98% of the resident Arabs live under the civilian administration of the Palestinian Authority, and hence do not identify with the Jewish state, are extremel...
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