The Independent; pogroms and apartheid in a land “for the White Man”
"Israel is for the White Man" - Note to refugees from South Sudan
Richard Sudan in the Independent 22 June 2012
"Note to refugees from South Sudan: Israel is for the white man." These were the astonishing words uttered by Israel's interior minister Eli Yishai in an interview recently in which he outlined the Israeli government's view of African migrants. He also added in the same interview which featured in the newspaper Maariv that "The infiltrators along with the Palestinians will quickly bring us to the end of the Zionist dream."
...Yishai, and also Netanyahu with equally concerning language have made clear in no uncertain terms, exactly how they view Africans.
The move by the Israeli government follows scenes of violence in Tel Aviv and elsewhere that erupted following inflammatory speeches by some including Israeli cabinet members recently. Some of the violence saw property and residences belonging to Africans being vandalised...
Recent events must have had the effect of terrorising African communities living in Israel. Undoubtedly, as a weapon to accompany government policy, it will prove successful, and the spate of attacks against Africans was aimed at sending out a message.
It is hard to imagine why, given these revelations and the wider policy toward the Palestinian people, anyone would argue that the state of Israel is not an apartheid state.
Many are united in opposing the current situation. World renowned and much loved writer Alice Walker, recently refused an Israeli publisher permission to publish 'The Color Purple' as part of the BDS (boycott divestment and sanctions), explaining the importance of non violent opposition in countering apartheid like oppression.
The continual persecution of the Palestinians, politically and ideologically, the military court system, and now the emerging negative view of non-white people should outline clearly what the overriding Israeli government consensus is. The superior race theory is one that we've seen in the past, and is the hallmark of theories centered on a perspective viewed through the prism of eugenics. Those theories are dangerous and they need to be relegated to the past-along with Zionism...
The perception of an emerging ethnic cleansing policy ensuring that Israel remains 'For the white man' will evidently continue.
Full article in Independent 22 June 2012