Two countries of interest to a number of impdecers.
I haven't read this whole article yet, so can't vouch for its content, but have put it up for your collective perusal.
Worlds apart
Israelis have always been horrified at the idea of parallels between their country, a democracy risen from the ashes of genocide, and the racist system that ruled the old South Africa. Yet even within Israel itself, accusations persist that the web of controls affecting every aspect of Palestinian life bears a disturbing resemblance to apartheid. After four years reporting from Jerusalem and more than a decade from Johannesburg before that, the Guardian's award-winning Middle East correspondent Chris McGreal is exceptionally well placed to assess this explosive comparison. Here we publish the first part of his two-day special report
Monday February 6, 2006
The Guardian
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Part two of the article:
Brothers in arms - Israel's secret pact with Pretoria
During the second world war the future South African prime minister John Vorster was interned as a Nazi sympathiser. Three decades later he was being feted in Jerusalem. In the second part of his remarkable special report, Chris McGreal investigates the clandestine alliance between Israel and the apartheid regime, cemented with the ultimate gift of friendship - A-bomb technology
And a rebuttal:
'Why depict Israel as a chamber of horrors like no other in the world?'
This week's Guardian report on the parallels between Israel and South African apartheid was muddled and disappointing, argues Benjamin Pogrund
And some reactions to the report:
'Most Israelis do not believe it is right to control the Palestinians'
Reactions from other experts and from readers
Loved the Pogrund article, you'll be surprised to hear.
;-)
McGreal notes that inside Israel, 93% of the land is reserved for Jews while South Africa's whites kept 87% of the land for themselves.
Wonder if anyone knows the % of land in Saudi Arabia kept for Muslims?
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