In 2014, the decision was said to be made on security grounds, though according to Haaretz, military officials state that Palestinian use of such transport poses no security threat. [86] Three days earlier, however, the Vatican legal attach to the United Nations stated that "Pope Benedict is opposed to 'unjust discrimination' against gay men and lesbians". Prime minister Yitzhak Rabin warned in 1976 that Israel risked becoming an apartheid state if it annexed and absorbed the West Bank's Arab population. "The holding will call into question many other regulations that protect consumers with respect to credit cards, bank accounts, mortgage loans, debt collection, credit reports, and identity theft," tweeted Chris Peterson, a former enforcement attorney at the CFPB who is now a law That means the impact could spread far beyond the agencys payday lending rule. They said that likening Israel to apartheid South Africa was a "smear" and part of a campaign of "malicious propaganda". "[206], The World Bank found in 2009 that Israeli settlements in the West Bank (which amount to 15% of the population of the West Bank) are given access to over 80% of its fresh water resources, despite the fact that the Oslo accords call for "joint" management of such resources. After much debate, the statement also read, "Recently, numerous international, Israeli and Palestinian human rights organizations and legal bodies have published studies and reports describing the policies and actions of Israel as amounting to 'apartheid' under international law. [41], At Israel's 5-yearly Universal Periodic Review in January 2018, Human Rights Watch and other rights groups criticized Israel. 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I want to say clearly that I won't use the word 'apartheid' and I don't believe it is right to use the term to describe the situation". [164][165], The law was upheld in May 2006, by the Supreme Court of Israel on a six to five vote. Culture (/ k l t r /) is an umbrella term which encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, and habits of the individuals in these groups. She notes that settlers continued to be governed by Israeli laws, and that a different system of military law was enacted "to regulate the civilian, economic and legal affairs of Palestinian inhabitants." [27][47] Bahati, the bill's sponsor, subsequently and repeatedly denied those reports. [106], The White House released a statement in December 2009, to The Advocate, stating that US President Barack Obama "strongly opposes efforts, such as the draft law pending in Uganda, that would criminalize homosexuality and move against the tide of history". It furthermore criticised the disparate reaction to other human rights violations and genocide in Uganda's history that did not attract the same amount of attention. "[82] The U.S. State Department also rejected the report's conclusions, calling them "absurd", and added: "it is important, as the world's only Jewish state, that the Jewish people must not be denied their right to self-determination, and we must ensure there isn't a double standard being applied. "The offence of homosexuality" is defined to include various same-sex sexual acts. [38][39] The high court of Uganda ordered Rolling Stone to stop publishing images of gay and lesbian people after David Kato and several others sued the paper.[40]. [250], Human rights lawyer Fatima Hassan, a member of the 2008 ANC delegation, cited the separate roads, different registration of cars, the indignity of having to produce a permit, and long queues at checkpoints as worse than what black South Africans had experienced during apartheid. [56] Bahati re-introduced the bill in February 2012. That is not helpful to solving the conflict in the Middle East". [253] Polakow-Suransky also writes that the response of Israel's defenders to the analogy since 2007 has been "knee-jerk" and based on "vitriol and recycled propaganda" rather than an honest assessment of the situation. The Times stated that the anti-homosexuality bill " must be seen for what it is: a bigoted and inhumane Bill that will cause suffering for thousands of innocent people". [170] In 2007, the restriction was expanded to citizens of Iran, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon. Nakaweesi-Kimbugwe, Solome; Mugisha, Frank (16 October 2009). Adultery (from Latin adulterium) is extramarital sex that is considered objectionable on social, religious, moral, or legal grounds. "[72], On 8 June 2021, the Palestine Liberation Organization released a report titled It is Apartheid: The Reality of Israel's Colonial Occupation of Palestine. [40], The crime of apartheid was further defined in 2002 by Article 7 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court as encompassing inhumane acts such as torture, murder, forcible transfer, imprisonment, or persecution of an identifiable group on political, racial, national, ethnic, cultural, religious, or other grounds, "committed in the context of an institutionalized regime of systematic oppression and domination by one racial group over any racial group or groups and committed with the intention of maintaining that regime". Welcome to books on Oxford Academic. Not apartheid. "[26], Rick Warren publicly denounced the bill, calling it "un-Christian". He said that a respected observer of society in Kampala had told him that our campaign was like a nuclear bomb against the 'gay' agenda in Uganda. I appeal to all God-fearing people and all Ugandans to remain committed to the support against homosexuality. In October 2005 the Israel Defense Forces stopped Palestinians from driving on Highway 60, as part of a plan for a separate road network for Palestinians and Israelis in the West Bank. [81], Divisions emerged within the Anglican community. "[74], Cohen condemned the bill and stated that its punitive measures are "incomprehensible". "Lily White Feminism and Academic Apartheid in Israel: Anthropological Perspectives. Anthropology Newsletter, October:1011. Andrew Wommack Ministries (4 February 2010). [30], In 2001, an NGO Forum ran separately from the World Conference against Racism in the nearby Kingsmead Stadium in Durban, from 28 August to 1 September. [165], Adam and Moodley cite the marriage law as an example of how Arab Israelis "resemble in many ways 'Colored' and Indian South Africans". Justice Minister Tzipi Livni asked Israeli Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein to examine the ban's legality and Weinstein immediately demanded that Ya'alon provide an explanation for his decision. The bill, by its own terms, would apply to any offense committed under the bill by a person who is a citizen or permanent resident of Uganda, regardless of whether the offense was committed in Uganda, and could be extradited to Uganda. The family is under threat. [Gay people] should not be parading around the streets. The price they (Palestinians) have had to pay for resistance much more horrendous. [205], John Dugard has compared Israel's confiscation of Palestinian farms and land, and destruction of Palestinian homes, to similar policies of Apartheid-era South Africa. I pray that this, and the predictions, are true. [4] The committee also expressed concern that Israel had not adopted a legal definition of racial discrimination and issued a number of recommendations. Lively asserted in his workshops that legalizing homosexuality would be akin to accepting child molestation and bestiality. [148][149], The Israeli West Bank barrier (Hebrew: Geder Ha'hafrada, "separation fence"),[138] the associated controls on the movement of Palestinians posed by West Bank Closures,[138][140][150] and Israel's unilateral disengagement from Gaza have been cited as examples of hafrada. BBC News reported in 2012 that Tutu "accused Israel of practicing apartheid in its policies towards Palestinians. [44] Bahati proposed the bill on 14 October 2009. The separate roads were created in response to terrorist attacksnot to segregate Palestinians but to save Jewish lives. Please help this article by looking for better, more reliable sources. "[156], In 2006, Chris McGreal of The Guardian stated that as a result of the government's control over most of the land in Israel, the vast majority of land in Israel is not available to non-Jews. There were many political prisoners on Robben Island but there are more Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails. But she also thought the apartheid comparison was a potential "red herring": "the context is different and the debate on whether this is Apartheid or not deflects from the real issue of occupation, encroachment of more land, building of the wall and the indignity of the occupation and the conduct of the military and police. An Act to prohibit any form of sexual relations between persons of the same sex; prohibit the promotion or recognition of such relations and to provide for other related matters. [103], The U.S.-based NGO Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN) filed a complaint with the ICC against senior Israeli military lawyer Eyal Toledano for war crimes and crimes against humanity, including apartheid. [21] Human rights groups have demanded reform of those laws and decriminalisation of homosexuality and asserted that the laws reinforce prejudice and promote violence against LGBT people. I saw the check point at Nablus, I met with Palestinians in Hebron, I met the villagers who are against the wallI met Israelis and Palestinians who have lost family members, their land and homes. [77] Maddow highlighted his actions supporting Uganda's break with the Anglican Church for being "pro-gay" and asserted that Warren had contradicted his condemnation of its anti-homosexuality bill. "[120], In March 2021, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) issued a statement arguing that "The international community must hold Israel responsible for its crimes of apartheid", citing the work of its member organizations in Israel and Palestine. He also claimed that gays threaten society by causing higher divorce rates, child abuse, and HIV transmission. Most Arabs study in Arabic, while a small number of Arab parents choose to enroll their children in Hebrew schools. As of 2005, no private Palestinian cars were permitted on the road although public transport was still allowed. [36], By 2013, the analogy between the West Bank and Bantustans of apartheid-era South Africa was widely drawn in international circles. [251], Sasha Polakow-Suransky notes that Israel's labour policies are very different from those of apartheid-era South Africa, that Israel has never enacted miscegenation laws, and that liberation movements in South Africa and Palestine have had different "aspirations and tactics". [40] Kato had spoken at a United Nations-sponsored conference on the bill in December 2009, although his words were barely audible because he was nervous. Find latest news from every corner of the globe at Reuters.com, your online source for breaking international news coverage. "[82] Although the Anglican Church in Uganda opposes the death penalty, its archbishop, Henry Luke Orombi, did not take a position on the bill. Various aspects of the security fence project on. [14], Several sources have noted that the act has exacerbated both the endemic homophobia in Uganda and the associated discussions about it. [57], In 2014, United Nations Special Rapporteur Richard A. Falk used the term in his "Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967". [181], Leila Farsakh, associate professor of political science at University of Massachusetts Boston, has said that after 1977, "the military government in the West Bank and Gaza Strip (WBGS) expropriated and enclosed Palestinian land and allowed the transfer of Israeli settlers to the occupied territories." 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[154], There has been a steady extension of Israeli Arab rights to lease or purchase land formerly restricted to Jewish applicants, such as that owned by the Jewish National Fund or the Jewish Agency. [157], The "Jewish State" bill, which passed in July 2018, states that "the right of national self-determination in the state of Israel is unique to the Jewish people". 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[98], The report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People was published on 15 July 2022, following its annual mission to Amman, Jordan, from 4 to 7 July 2022. These areas can include occupations, illnesses, churches, countries, causes -- anything that is important to us. "[65], A few days later, he retracted this announcement and asked the US for scientific advice about whether homosexuality is genetically pre-determined or a choice. Other Palestinian employees claim "institutionalized bias" within Google, with one saying it had become impossible to express disagreement with Israel's treatment of Palestinians without "being called into a HR [sic] meeting with the threat of retaliation". The road had been sealed after the fatal shooting of three settlers near Bethlehem. "[186], Israeli Defense Minister and former prime minister Ehud Barak said in 2010, "As long as in this territory west of the Jordan River there is only one political entity called Israel it is going to be either non-Jewish, or non-democratic. Homosexuals are at least 12 times more likely to molest children than heterosexuals; homosexual teachers are at least 7 times more likely to molest a pupil; homosexual teachers are estimated to have committed at least 25 percent of pupil molestation; 40 percent of molestation assaults were made by those who engage in homosexuality. It also includes provisions about persons outside of Uganda who are charged with violating the act, asserting that they may be extradited to Uganda for punishment there. [262] In June 2022 the Catalan Parliament passed a resolution that "Israel commits the crime of apartheid against the Palestinian people" and calling upon the Generalitat de Catalunya to avoid any support for the apartheid regime and aid in implementing the recommendations of the Amnesty and Human Rights Watch reports. In response to the Anglican Church of Canada's intervention, Bishop Joseph Abura of the Karamoja Diocese wrote an editorial saying, "Ugandan Parliament, the watch dog of our laws, please go ahead and put the anti-Gay laws in place. He argues that reserving democracy for privileged citizens and keeping others "behind checkpoints and barbed wire fences" is the opposite of democracy. op. "In April 2002 Israel declared that the WBGS would be cut into eight main areas, outside which Palestinians could not live without a permit. "[93] The Arab League and the OIC welcomed the report,[94] while the Palestinian Authority said in a statement, "The State of Palestine welcomes the report by Amnesty International on Israel's apartheid regime and racist policies and practices against the Palestinian people". p. 22. B'tselem includes Israel but limits its scope to post-1967 while the HRW report differs from it in finding that while "the elements of systematic and widespread repression with the intention of maintaining the superiority of one group exist both within Israel and in the OPT, only in the OPT (including East Jerusalem) does the severity of inhumane acts make them criminal." It consisted of 3,000 NGOs and was attended by 8,000 representatives. Security barrier? [30] In 1970, an anti-apartheid activist in the UK's Liberal Party, Louis Eaks, referred to the situation in Israel as "apartheid" and was threatened with expulsion as a result.[31]. Thus "religious conversion" would describe the abandoning of adherence to one denomination and affiliating with another. Marxism is a left-wing to far-left method of socioeconomic analysis that uses a materialist interpretation of historical development, better known as historical materialism, to understand class relations and social conflict and a dialectical perspective to view social transformation.It originates from the works of 19th-century German philosophers Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. For this report, we surveyed 29,999 Indian adults (including 22,975 who identify as Hindu, 3,336 who identify as Muslim, 1,782 who identify as Sikh, 1,011 who identify as Christian, 719 who identify as Buddhist, 109 who identify as Jain and 67 who identify as belonging to Political scientist Meron Benvenisti wrote that Israel's disengagement from Gaza created a bantustan model for Gaza. 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The act was previously called the "Kill the Gays bill" in the western mainstream media due to death penalty clauses proposed in the original version, but the penalty was later amended to life in prison. [75], Martin Ssempa, a Ugandan pastor and former affiliate of Warren, endorsed the bill. This applies equally to a spouse of any Israeli citizen, whether Arab or Jewish, but in practice the law mostly affects Palestinian Israelis living in the towns bordering the West Bank. [226] Azmi Bishara, a former Knesset member, argued that the Palestinian situation had been caused by "colonialist apartheid". I think it's unfair to call Israel an apartheid state. According to the government, his decision was based on a report by "medical experts" who said "homosexuality is not genetic but a social behavior. [207], In 2007, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination reported that Palestinians and Israeli settlers in the occupied territories are subject to different criminal laws, leading to longer detention and harsher punishments for Palestinians than for Israelis for the same offenses. Others more specifically claim that such legislative actions are the result of politicized homophobia, a rhetorical tool used to further the interests of political leaders in the form of gaining popularity and/or distracting from corrupt behaviour. [69], Among other things, the act also criminalises a person who "aids, abets, counsels, or procures another to engage in an act of homosexuality" and provides a possible penalty of seven years imprisonment. [19] A 2013 poll found that the overwhelming majority of Ugandans disapproved of homosexuality. Schjonberg, Mary Frances (4 January 2010). [223] Marwan Bishara, a teacher of international relations at the American University of Paris, has claimed that the restrictions on the movement of goods between Israel and the West Bank are "a de facto apartheid system".