Special Gush Shalom ad published in Ha'aretz,
May 15, 2002.

APARTHEID

Israel is now the only state in the world in which the governing party officially advocates apartheid.

The Central Committee of the Likud party has officially adopted a resolution declaring that there will be no Palestinian State west of the Jordan river. This means that the 2.5 million inhabitants of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip will remain under direct or indirect occupation, without national rights. At the utmost, they will be given "self government" in several isolated enclaves - much like the blacks in the former South Africa, who were imprisoned in enclaves called "Bantustans".

In this respect, there is no difference at all between Binjamin Netanyahu and Ariel Sharon. Both have exactly the same aim. Everything else is nothing but a personal power struggle and tricks to deceive the world.

Gush Shalom,
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