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4 Mar, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Raef Zreik: "To be anti-Zionist means mainly an ideological stand on the narrative on how we got here. But what hinders any solution is not ideological, but rather political. And here, I'm a 100% political person ...
"I'm interested in the manifestations, practices, materialities of how people live. If someone like [Meiron] Benvenisti thinks the essence of Zionism is a binational state, I'm not going to argue with him saying, no you have to stop being Zionist."
"I agree with him, and he can continue to call himself a Zionist. I'm fine with that. I'm for the political, not the ideological."

From his remarkable talk in Van Leer in the panel on Julia Neuberger’s book on Antisemitism:
Zreik will be talking tomorrow in SOAS on the Apartheid framework in Israel/Palestine - highly recommended.
soas.ac.uk/smei-cps/event…

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Yair Wallach Profile picture
4 Mar
These are two key paragraph from David Feldman's article: Miller's assumption - and it's not just his - that if you're a Zionist, you have no right to speak, especially on antisemitism. A couple of points on that

haaretz.com/israel-news/da…
The first is that anti-racism means fighting racism - not fighting for the victims whose politics we like. Otherwise it's not anti-racism. And being a victim of racism does not mean that you can't be bigoted yourself. But that doesn't cancel the racism against you.
The idea that Jews need to state publicly their opposition Zionism in order to be allowed to speak is unacceptable. In the same way that other members of minority groups should not be demanded to profess their loyalty or good standing (e.g. French muslims at the moment).
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13 Jan
1/ One of the risks of using the term "Apartheid state" is that it could create the impression that Israel is an unusual anachronism - like South Africa was. A relic of a bygone age of colonialism. But Israel is not an anachronism in 2021; it's very much cutting edge.
2/ It's no accident that hard-right populists from all over the world look up to Netanyahu. For them, Israel represents a success story, of how to maintain economic growth and some democratic credentials while promoting exclusivist citizenship and unequal domination.
3/ While Israel is unusual in many ways (which make it interesting) I have always maintained that regarding it as an aberration is profoundly wrong. I think it should be clear to anyone watching world events.
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13 Jan
The question is not whether Israel is a replica of Apartheid South Afirca - because it isn't. The question is whether there is a well-entrenched, permanent political system of clear domination of one group over another, extending throughout Israel/Palestine.
To claim otherwise would be to say that the current reality is a temporary occupation - even after 53 years, hundreds of settlements, billions of dollars of investments, and incredibly well developed legal architecture that binds the West Bank to Israel.
You don't like the word Apartheid? You could call it "a well entrenched regime of discrimination, segregation and domination". Does it sound any better?
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12 Jan
A few quick thoughts on the B'Tselem report, calling Israel an Apartheid State:
2/ B'Tselem are right to characterise Israel/Palestine as one political unit, in which there is a permanent, well-entrenched political system based on Jewish-Israeli privilege, and only Israeli Jews enjoy full political rights.
3/ International actors prefer to ignore this reality, and to continue speaking about the West Bank (and Gaza, with caveats) as under military occupation, which can be undone. This is more convenient than coming to terms the fact that the West Bank has been effectively annexed.
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5 Jan
The debate on Israeli responsibility on COVID vaccines in West Bank and Gaza is an opportunity to think of the competing and overlapping frameworks: occupation vs. apartheid.

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2/ On vaccines, Israel's responsibility as an occupying power towards the occupied population is clear, based on the 4th Geneva convention. The Palestinian Authority, the Oslo agreements, or claims for Palestinian statehood do not change that.
3/ Israel could meet its obligation through the PA, but it is ultimately its obligation.

And this shows the strength of the occupation paradigm. On some things - like responsibility towards local population, or settlements - it's very clear.
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5 Jan
Is Israel obligated to provide Palestinians in the Occupied Territories with the same level of COVID vaccination it provides its own citizens? The answer is yes
And how does the PA fit into this?
And this
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