Exactly.
If Israel were an apartheid state, then even the Arabs living inside Israel would not have rights.
If Israel were an apartheid state, then even the Arabs living inside Israel would not have rights.
Its about being an equal partner in the society to jointly and equally decide what are the rights and obligations of each member.
And that is a threshold Israel can never achieve. The Jewish majority unilaterally decides what the role of the Arabs are.
For example, the Jewish majority has, unilaterally and without explanation, decided that their Arabs countrymen are not fit for the obligation of conscription, for the privilege of defending Israel.
And we all know why.
"Comic version of Apartheid"?
Apartheid was an actual political system, implemented and practiced for years.
Much more that not being an "equal partner", it involved enforced legislation to classify people according to race and then to restrict rights based on that classification.
NOTE: I'm not weighing in on the Palestinian/Israeli issue here, but as someone who grew up under the Apartheid regime, I'm objecting to what I feel is misuse of the word.
"Arab" is not a religion, it's an ethnicity.
Blacks in SA did not have any rights. Arabs have rights in Israel.
It is not an apartheid.