In the same way that no two democracies are exactly the same, and that no two autocracies are exactly the same, and that no two communist states are exactly the same, it stands to reason that no two apartheid states would be exactly the same. And so, even though Israel is an apartheid state to rival Rhodesia and South Africa, the three regimes can only be viewed as cups of the same poison, representing slightly different flavors.
Each
had a history that determined what it became in the final analysis. For
example, because the Second World War exposed colonialism as the evil that it
was, places like Rhodesia and South Africa could no longer attract
White-European immigrants. As a consequence, the governing regime in each
country, realized that it will forever be supported by a base that’s only a
fraction of the population. To ascertain its continued survival, the regime
instituted a system that prevented the Black majority from participating in the
activities that would, in time, lead to Blacks controlling enough key
positions, they can take control of the state.
Nations
of the post-colonial world on every continent found this approach to governance
too repugnant to conduct the usual business with it. And so, the human race
adopted non-violent methods that put an end to those regimes, and replaced them
with a form of democracy that may not be perfect, but is civilized. The net
result is that South Africa is now a country that was never destroyed, but is
rid of the apartheid regime that was destroyed. Almost the same thing happened
to Rhodesia except that, being a former British colony, Britain had a hand in
engineering the fall of strongman Ian Smith, and the dissolution of the
horrific regime he represented.
The
story in Palestine evolved a little differently from South Africa or Rhodesia. Instead
of accepting being a minority of Jews dominating a majority of non-Jews, the
armed European terrorists that took control of Palestine wanted a majority
Jewish state. To achieve it, they instituted a regime that would import Jews
into Palestine from around the world while closing the door on non-Jews, even
those who were terrorized, forced to flee their homes, and made to live like
refugees. This is the legacy of the Jewish flavored apartheid which now governs
in Palestine under the name Israel.
In
time, the South African system of apartheid became the classic model against
which the Jewish flavored apartheid regime in Palestine, has been compared.
Despite this, however, it must be said that the comparison between the two, often
overlooks one important difference between them. Because South Africa already
enjoyed a large territory when compared to the size of its White population, it
had no colonial designs over its neighbors. By contrast, the situation in
occupied Palestine was different. There, the land taken by Jews, was small at a
time when the regime was planning to bring in even more Jews from around the
world.
To
find a place for the newcomers, the regime came up with all sorts of excuses
allowing it to expand the territory at the expense of the neighbors. But this
solution created another problem. It is that by taking more land, the regime
also took in more non-Jews. This threatened to turn so-called Israel into a
minority Jewish population dominating a majority of non-Jews. In effect, it
created a paradox for which the regime has not yet found a solution except to
call on its mouthpieces in America, and have them talk nonsense to confuse the
public and the political elites.
You’ll
find an example of that nonsense in an article that came under the title: “Apartheid
Israel is a toxic lie intended to destroy the Jewish state,” written by Rich
Lowry and published on May 18, 2021 in the New York Post.
Rich
Lowry quoted House Representatives Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar and Alexandria
Ocasio Cortez saying that the regime in Israel is apartheid. He also quoted
Human Rights Watch that issued a long report affirming such observation. Lowry
then proceeded to argue the Jewish side of the case by taking the very Jewish
approach of talking nonsense. Whereas the case is about apartheid in occupied
Palestine, Lowry regurgitate the Jewish talking points that in essence, boil
down to the following:
“Never
mind that no people under occupation were ever asked to form a Swiss style
efficient government as a precondition to seeing the end of their occupation.
But we are Jews, and we make this a condition to ending the occupation of
Palestine. We do this, not because it makes any sense at all, but because we
can. Go sue us”.
Having thrown all that garbage in the face of
people whose intelligence he insulted several times; Rich Lowry proceeded to
throw even more insults by ending his article with the following speculation:
“They
[whatever that is] want to wipe Israel from the map and are getting an assist
from the purveyors of the malicious lie that Israel is an apartheid state”.
The
Jews have used this scare tactic so much, the people that used to go hysterical
hearing it, now do no more than give out a big yawn.
Others go further than that to signal their boredom. They enthusiastically espouse the following notion: Would it not be nice to see the original Palestine on the map rather than the artificially concocted Israel?