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What is
Apartheid?

In 1966, the United Nations General Assembly labelled apartheid as a crime against humanity.”

Amnesty is calling for Israel to end the international wrong, and crime, of apartheid, by dismantling measures of fragmentation, segregation, discrimination, and deprivation, currently in place against the Palestinian population.

Amnesty International, February 2022

A regime that uses laws, practices and organized violence to cement the supremacy of one group over another is an apartheid regime. Israel’s regime of apartheid and occupation is inextricably bound up in human rights violations.

B’Tselem, January 2021

Human Rights Watch asserts that the Israeli government’s actions in maintaining Jewish Israeli dominance over Palestinians, combined with systematic oppression and grave abuses in the OPT, constitute both the crimes of apartheid and persecution under international law.

Human Rights Watch, January 2021

Apartheid in
Palestine Now

It’s not complicated.

Below, a series of single images demonstrating that
apartheid is “alive and well” in Palestine
today, starkly reminiscent of the historical
injustices we endured in South Africa.

Brutality
of
Apartheid
in one image

Brutality
of
Apartheid
in one image

Brutality
of
Apartheid
in one image

Brutality
of
Apartheid
in one image

Brutality
of
Apartheid
in one image

Brutality
of
Apartheid
in one image

Brutality
of
Apartheid
in one image

Brutality
of
Apartheid
in one image

Brutality
of
Apartheid
in one image

Brutality
of
Apartheid
in one image

Apartheid
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Apartheid refers to the implementation and maintenance of legalised racial segregation, in which one racial group is deprived of political, social and other civil rights. These include the right to vote, the right to a fair trial, to physical safety, and the freedom of religion, movement, speech and assembly.
The term “apartheid”, is an Afrikaans word, derived from the French term “mettre a part”, literally translated to “separating, setting apart.” Apartheid is a policy that was established by the white Afrikaner government in 1948 in South Africa (Coincidentally the same year of The Nakba and the state of Israel came into being). It was an oppressive system of institutionalised racial and ethnic segregation that discriminated against black South Africans. It was a holistic assault on the core of humanity, tearing apart families, communities, and the people’s spirits. Apartheid is the embodiment of injustice, a stain on the conscience of humanity.
Legal Information Institution, Cornell School of Law

It’s time for the children
of Madiba to take their
place in the world.

The world supported our quest for freedom, and now it’s our turn to reciprocate.
If anyone understands Apartheid, it is South Africans. Therefore, we have a profound responsibility to spearhead the fight for human justice and equality.
The world supported our quest for freedom, and now it’s our turn to reciprocate.
If anyone understands Apartheid, it is South Africans. Therefore, we have a profound responsibility to spearhead the fight for human justice and equality.
Why should you get involved?
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