Summary

A former Israeli attorney general whom Barghouti quotes, in 2002, describing Israel as a colonial society that established an apartheid regime in the occupied territories (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions: The Global Struggle for Palestinian Rights, PDF p.79-80).

Details

  • “We enthusiastically chose to become a colonial society, ignoring international treaties, expropriating lands, transferring settlers from Israel to the occupied territories, engaging in theft and finding justification for all these activities.” (PDF p.79)
  • “In effect, we established an apartheid regime in the occupied territories immediately following their capture. That oppressive regime exists to this day.” (PDF p.79-80)
  • The Introduction also lists him among those who have described Israel as practicing apartheid, with Desmond Tutu and Jimmy Carter (PDF p.29).

Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions: The Global Struggle for Palestinian Rights, Apartheid, Desmond Tutu