Study rejects claims that Israel is apartheid state or guilty of genocide
A new academic study examines apartheid, genocide and settler colonialism accusations against Israel, concluding the first two are not established and the third is an inadequate classification.
A new academic study published last Thursday rejects claims that Israel is an apartheid state or guilty of genocide, stating that neither of these charges are established. The study, authored by Philippe Karpe and Gunther Jikeli, examines legal and historical evaluations of these accusations and concludes that racial and social disparities exist within Israel's citizenship regime within the Green Line, but Arab citizens participate in national elections, litigate in courts, and serve in the Knesset.
While the study acknowledges that prolonged occupation, settlements, and unequal administrative arrangements present the strongest case for the accusation of settler colonialism in the West Bank, it notes that the evidence does not establish the required purpose or intent to maintain systematic racial domination and oppression.
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