Such comparisons are always difficult. Why do you want to compare the Israel / Palestine conflict to apartheid or any other historical event? It’s useless. Just criticize the actions of Israel as they are: innocent Palestinians are being killed, Gaza shouldn’t be occupied etc etc. let’s focus on the facts and condemn Israel for its deeds (and hamas independently of that). And Merz should pipe down.
because it’s pointing out the hypocrisies of Israel. Because it’s drawing the pararells and showcasing the crimes in a way that a lot more people know.
Such comparisons are always difficult. Why do you want to compare the Israel / Palestine conflict to apartheid or any other historical event? It’s useless. Just criticize the actions of Israel as they are: innocent Palestinians are being killed, Gaza shouldn’t be occupied etc etc. let’s focus on the facts and condemn Israel for its deeds (and hamas independently of that). And Merz should pipe down.
because it’s pointing out the hypocrisies of Israel. Because it’s drawing the pararells and showcasing the crimes in a way that a lot more people know.
i.e. it’s both a shorthand and a retorical tool.
If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it probably is a duck.
The duck shaped animal we are looking at looks a lot like Apartheid garnished with a liberal serving of genocide. Or the other way round.