BDS Malaysia Webinar:
Is Israel a Jewish State or an Apartheid State?
Date: 22 August 2021
Time: 2 pm – 3.30 pm
Panelists:
Dr. Peter Slezak
(Independent Australian Jewish Voices)
Prof Saul Takahashi
(Professor of Human Rights and Peace Studies at Osaka Jogakuin University)
Moderator:
Ms. Azra Banu
BDS Malaysia and Viva Palestina Malaysia
Zionism’s declared objective of establishing a national home for the Jewish people was achieved militarily and politically when Israel was formed in 1948. Yet more than seven decades later, the Zionist project arguably is a failure since its raison d’etre remains unfulfilled: the majority of the world’s Jews still choose to live outside Israel – a fact western mainstream media neither highlights nor questions deeply.
In July 2018, Israel passed the Nation-State Law which specifies the nature of the state as the nation-state of the Jewish people and the right to self-determination in the country would be unique to the Jewish people. The law’s opponents say that it provides legal sanction and reduces the status of non-Jewish minorities to that of second-class citizens while its proponents claim Israel is still a fully democratic country that does not violate the rights of its minorities.
Against that development, two international bodies, the UN Economic and Social Commission for West Asia (ESCWA) in March 2017 and Human Rights Watch in April 2021 and an Israeli human rights organisation, B’Tselem in January 2021 have all declared that Israel practices apartheid against non-Jews in all the territories it controls.
Our panelists will share their views and insights on the above topic and its related issues.
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