Apartheid from South Africa to Palestine

Israel’s expanding occupation of Palestinian territories imposes a regime of separate and unequal often compared to South African apartheid. But when apartheid is viewed as a process, the parallels are stunning. As campaigns for boycott and divestment from the Israeli occupation gain momentum, it will be recalled that such campaigns against South Africa never led to retribution against whites and the country remained united.

Sharat G. Lin is a research fellow at the San Jose Peace and Justice Center. He has been involved on the ground in Israel-Palestine since 1973, and recently returned from South Africa. He is an originator of the Cairo Declaration on BDS.

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Sponsored by SJSU Black Student Union, Students for Justice in Palestine at SJSU, South Asian Advocacy Group, and Muslim Students Association at SJSU