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Title: About That Word Apartheid
Author: Mahoney, John; Adas, Jane; Norberg, Robert
April - May  2007
Volume 40, Issue 2

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President Carter’s latest book, “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid,” has unleashed–-to use a much over-used phrase--a firestorm of controversy.

To suggest that white, racist South Africa’s treatment of its indigenous inhabitants is in any way similar to Israel’s treatment of its indigenous inhabitants, for some, smacks of anti-Semitism.

And yet, a Google search of “Israel + Apartheid” brings up 5.5 million references. The subject, it seems, is being discussed.

So, to help clarify the relationship between Israel and apartheid South Africa, we have put together a timeline, beginning with June 1917, when Dr. Chaim Weizmann and Gen. Jan Christian Smuts met in London to lobby for their respective causes. Researchers for our article include AMEU directors Jane Adas and Bob Norberg, and myself. A longer version with source references is available on our website: www.ameu.org.—John F. Mahoney, Executive Director, April, 2007.

Contents

• About That Word Apartheid, by Mahoney, John; Adas, Jane; Norberg, Robert
• Yes, There Is Apartheid in Israel, by Shulamit Aloni
• The Bottom Line ... , by Jimmy Carter