Mondoweiss: Are comparisons of South African apartheid and Israel useful?

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24. That's complete bullshit. The UN recognizes the Palestinian gov't & Israel has no control....

...over its anti-Israel policies & actions. No control over PA leaders like Abbas, no control over their media, their schools, and other gov't institutions. Israel can't stop the PA from declaring statehood at the UN. Your allegation is absurd.

To prove how absurd it is, the PA cannot apply for statehood at the UN or get it approved and recognized as such without being in effective control of their territory. If Israel has control, the PA has no case for declaring statehood.

As to 3-5% of the Palestinian population in area C, that's a fact. Check out demographics in area C vs. that of areas A, B and Gaza. The settler population has nothing to do with this. The point is that only 3-5% of Palestinians within Gaza and the W.Bank live under your alleged "apartheid" scenario & they live in area C. I brought this up in another post I just wrote to you, letting you know this is your best argument for Apartheid - even if it is only 3-5%. I then showed how that's not Apartheid either.