Sources on Apartheid in Israel-Palestine (Blog Post 2)

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Source 1-


Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association and the International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law School. “Submission to the United Nations Human Rights Council Commission of Inquiry on the 2022 Conflict in the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Evidence of Apartheid in the West Bank.” March 2022, http://hrp.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/IHRC-Addameer-Submission-to-HRC-COI-Apartheid-in-WB.pdf.


This report was submitted to the United Nations Human Rights Council's Commission of Inquiry on the Situation of Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, by the International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law School and the Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association. The report examines the Israeli government's policies and practices in the occupied Palestinian territories, which includes the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem. According to the authors, these policies and activities constitute apartheid under international law. The report covers a wide range of topics, including land confiscation, settlement expansion, and the denial of basic human rights to Palestinians. The paper is well-researched, with several instances and data to back up its claims. As it was submitted to a UN commission, the credibility of the source is high. Nonetheless, this source is a cohesive and in-depth source pertaining to the situation that Palestinians are living in to this day.

This report was produced by the International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law School, which is well-respected for its research and advocacy on human rights issues. The report also relies on a range of credible sources, including UN reports, legal documents, and NGO reports.

Source 2-


 Greenstein, Ran. “Israel, Palestine, and Apartheid.” Insight Turkey, vol. 22, no. 1, 2020, pp. 73–92. JSTOR, https://www.jstor.org/stable/26921169.

 Ran Greenstein's article "Israel, Palestine, and Apartheid" provides an in-depth analysis of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the applicability of the term apartheid to Israel's policies toward Palestinians. The author contends that Israel's policies toward Palestinians fall within the legal definition of apartheid as defined by international law. The article begins by situating the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, tracing its origins to the early twentieth century and the establishment of Israel in 1948. It also discusses the evolution of Israeli policies toward Palestinians, beginning with the displacement of Palestinians during the 1948 war and continuing with the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza in 1967, as well as the ongoing settlement construction and annexation of Palestinian territories. The article examines the Israeli legal and policy framework in depth, arguing that it is based on a system of racial discrimination that favors Jewish Israelis at the expense of Palestinians. It explains how Israel has established a separate legal and administrative system for Palestinians in the West Bank that is subject to military law, while Jewish settlers in the same territory are subject to civilian law. Overall, "Israel, Palestine, and Apartheid" provides a thorough examination of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the definition of apartheid in relation to Israel's policies toward Palestinians.


 Ran Greenstein is a well-respected scholar of Israeli-Palestinian relations and has published extensively on the topic. The article is published in a peer-reviewed academic journal and provides a detailed analysis of the legal and policy framework in Israel-Palestine.


 All in all, these sources influence my thinking about whether Israel's policies toward Palestinians alleged apartheid. The Addameer report provides detailed evidence of Israel's institutionalized and systematic nature in the West Bank, whereas the Greenstein article provides a broader analysis of the conflict's legal and historical context. Both sources are credible and present compelling arguments for the use of the term apartheid in describing the situation in Israel-Palestine. As a result, they agree that Israel's policies toward Palestinians constitute apartheid under international law. Nonetheless, this is a multifaceted topic with many different points of view.

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