alt comparative discussion ref: Various free state projects ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: ECOTERRA International <MailHub@ecoterra.net> Date: Sat, Jul 21, 2018 at 3:50 PM Subject: [NATURAL_DEFENCE] Israel Declares Itself Apartheid State To: MAILHUB <mailhub@ecoterra.net> Israel Declares Itself Apartheid State By Moon of Alabama - July 19, 2018 Israel declared itself to be an apartheid state: The Knesset passed early Thursday a controversial bill that officially defines Israel as the national homeland of the Jewish people and asserts that "the realization of the right to national self-determination in Israel is unique to the Jewish people," with 62 lawmakers voting in favor of the legislation and 55 opposing it. ... The nation-state law also includes clauses stating that a "united Jerusalem" is the capital of Israel and that Hebrew is the country's official language. Another says that "the state sees the development of Jewish settlement as a national value and will act to encourage and promote its establishment and consolidation." The new law has constitutional status: The bill, which has the status of a basic law (approximately the same as a constitutional law in countries with a written constitution), was passed overnight to Thursday with 62 votes in favor and 55 against after hours of fierce argument and debate. It will now come into force as soon as it's published in the Knesset's Official Gazette. ... In a clause that set Arab lawmakers off, the bill explicitly states that "the right to exercises national determination in the State of Israel is unique to the Jewish people." The law stipulates segregation: part of the law [is] aimed at promoting the "establishment and consolidation" of Jewish settlements Israel has never defined its borders. It has illegally taken ownership of all public land in the occupied West Bank. This land is then exclusively granted to Zionist settlers: Over five decades in control of the West Bank, Israel has marked out hundreds of thousands of acres as public land, and it has allocated almost half of them for use. But only 400 of those acres — 0.24 percent of the total allocated so far — have been earmarked for the use of Palestinians, according to official data obtained recently by an anti-settlement group after a freedom of information request. Palestinians make up about 88 percent of the West Bank’s population. The group, Peace Now, said the other 99.76 percent of the land went to help Israeli settlements. MAP: DISPLAY bigger The Arab population of Israel and the occupied territories is as big as the Jewish population. The allocation of "public" land stolen from the indigenous Arab population solely to Jewish immigrants was already one of many clearly discriminating apartheid issues. It was in contradiction even to Israeli law. Now the creation of solely Jewish settlements is required by constitutional mandate. The blatantly illegal creation and expansion of solely Jewish settlements on stolen Palestinian land is now rationalized as requirement of basic law. Muslim and Christian Palestinians now have to pay taxes for their own expropriation. Is there a Buddhist people, a Catholic people? Do they deserve their own nation and land? No. Even the though of such is weird. Are Jews originating from Ethiopia, India, Lithuania, Iran and Poland a common race? Why then is there supposed to be a 'Jewish people' as the new law stipulates? It is historically crazy that a number of humans, living in dozens of mostly east-European countries, would suddenly define themselves as a unique 'race' by virtue of believing in the same religious fairy tales. The concept mirrored and enabled the racism of the fascists. The self declared ethnicity then laid claim on far away land in west-Asia based on old stories of temples for which there is little to no archeologic evidences. Primarily Great Britain, France and the United States, furthered and support this ethnocratic, colonialist, undemocratic, imperialist, and genocidal scheme to their own advantage. It is high time to end this illegal and immoral aberration. -------- READ ALSO: Archbishop of Orthodox Church slams Israel's 'fascist nation state' law Israel's nation-state bill underscores its fascist nature On Resistance: BDS and Israel’s Declining Support Among Diaspora Jews Israel Publishes BDS Blacklist: These Are the 20 Groups Whose Members Will Be Denied Entry By Noa Landau Israel published the full list of organizations whose activists will be barred from entering the country. The so-called BDS blacklist was released by the Strategic Affairs Ministry. Members of the 20 organizations on the list will not be allowed to enter the country due to their support for the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement against Israel. The list primarily includes European and American organizations as well as groups from Latin America, a group from South Africa and an international umbrella organization. For months the Strategic Affairs Ministry had refused to divulge which organizations are on the list. However, a joint team from the Strategic Affairs and Interior ministries had previously determined the parameters that serve as a basis for barring activists from coming into the country. Those who hold senior or important positions in blacklisted organizations will be denied entry, as well as key activists, even if they hold no official position. Mayors and establishment figures who actively and continually promote boycotts will also be prevented from entering, as will activists who arrive to Israel on behalf of or as part of a delegation initiated by one of blacklisted groups. The full list European organizations: ■ France-Palestine Solidarity Association ■ BDS France ■ BDS Italy ■ The European Coordination of Committees and Associations for Palestine ■ Friends of Al-Aqsa ■ Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign ■ The Palestine Committee of Norway ■ Palestine Solidarity Association of Sweden ■ Palestine Solidarity Campaign ■ War on Want ■ BDS Kampagne American organizations: ■ American Friends Service Committee ■ American Muslims for Palestine ■ Code Pink ■ Jewish Voice for Peace ■ National Students for Justice in Palestine ■ US Campaign for Palestinian Rights Other groups: ■ BDS Chile ■ BDS South Africa ■ BDS National Committee --- Israel’s BDS blacklist is straight out of apartheid. 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