How does Israel Get way with this

A good video on the Apartheid State of Israel

Are the Palestinians in the West Bank treated equally to Israelis in the west bank?

Well it's not quite as straight forward as that. There is the Israeli government and there's the palestinian authority.

Judea & Samaria ('west bank') is split into 3 parts.

Three things to note first:

1) Israeli settlements, that is the actual physical buildings, use up around 3% of Judea & Samaria's land.

2) The majority of the land is empty. Around 55% last time I checked.

3) Only around 10% of the palestinian population in Judea & Samaria live under full Israeli rule

Area A, B & C

A) This is around 18% of the land and is under Palestinian security and civil administration. i.e complete palestinian control. (with the exception of Hebron which under the Hebron protocol signed in 1997, Israel has a presence)

B) This is around 22% of Judea & Samaria. The PA has full civil control, but security is handled by both Israel and the PA

C) The largest area with the fewest palestinians. This is where most of the Israelis live. This area is completely under Israeli control but the PA administer health and education for the palestinians in areas C, in accordance with agreements signed.

Israelis are banned by law from entering areas A&B and will almost certainly be lynched.

Area C is the only section where 'equal treatment' would be an issue. palestinians in general can't enter Israeli settlements without clearance (thousands do every day to work). Now there are some palestinians that have moved into Israeli settlements, around 200 families I believe, but it's rare and I think the community has to vote on it. The Arab villages and Israeli settlements tend to be close (typically across the hill from each other), but separate. Israelis don't often go into Arab villages either, but it does happen for shopping etc. It isn't safe for outsiders.

Whilst Arabs have their own shops in their own villages, they can go to the likes of Rami Levy, which is a chain of Israeli stores that has many palestinians working there. Here Israelis and palestinians mix. There is a big mall recently opened with joint palestinians and Israeli businesses.

There are tens of thousands of palestinians from Judea & Samaria that cross into Israel every day to work. Some legitimatly, some illegally.

So to answer your question. There isn't a 'west bank' as a whole. It's much more complicated. I would liken Area C similarly to Northern Ireland's separation of Catholics and Protestants.

My reply was quite detailed. I thought you might have done me the courtesy of reading it.

Again, 90% of palestinians live under palestinian rule. Meaning that their living standards or 'equality' is not comparable because it's their own government. Their decisions, their culture, their budgets. It's even less relevent than asking if Scots and English are treated equally by Westminister. Two separate governments, but England administers more Scottish affairs than Israel does palestinian in areas A&B.

Area C is the only issue of equality. So palestinians in Area C can't vote in Israeli election for example. Now Israel has not annexed the West Bank, so technically they aren't obliged to offer voting rights or citizenship.

In East Jerusalem, which is Israeli, palestinins without Israeli citizneship can vote in municipal elections. They can apply for Israeli citizenship at which point they have full Israeli rights.

Factually incorrect on every level.

I always find the 'colonial' angle particularly laughable. The land is literally named after Jews. Judaism's holiest site is underneath the Muslim one. i.e it was there first.

The whole of the 'west bank' is one big Jewish heritage site. You're very ill informed.

Now since you're intimating that the palestinians are the indigenous. Perhaps you'll furnish me with a couple of details.

Who governened the palestinians before Arafat?

What was their capital?

Currency?

Did they have a football team? a national newspaper?, airline?

The bold questions are trick questions. The answer to them all is YES - but they were Jewish.

Might as well tell me President Obama proves racism died in 2008. These token Israeli plants don't alter the reality of Apartheid in the west bank.

Europe stood by?

I’ve told you in that other thread to stop contacting me. Now you are following me around the website?

No more PMs from you and no replies to my posts. You make “jokes” about people dying.

Where is the anti-semitism in the thread?

my question was where in the thread this anti-Semitism has occurred.

i’ve seem criticism but what is “despicable”about it?

I’m not saying it hadn’t happened. I’ve read through the thread but maybe I missed it.

It doesn’t accomplish anything to just blurt about comments claiming “anti-semitism” without actually pointing it out.

In my latest instalment of the 'chronicles of apartheid' series, let me introduce you to George Deek

He is an Arab Christian and serves as Israel's ambassador to Azerbaijan.

As my 'chronicles of apartheid' series (which has proven to be a big hit) continues. Meet Dr. Masad Barhoum

He is an Arab Muslim and he manages Israel's second largest hospital situated in Northern Israel.

As the smash hit 'Chronicles of Apartheid' series continues, we turn our attention to the IDF. Meet Major Alaa Waheeb and his fantastic moustache.

He is an Arab Muslim and joined the IDF as a volunteer. He rose up to the ranks of Major. Being a Major means that Alaa Waheeb trains a unit of soldiers.

So in 'Apartheid Israel', an Arab Muslim trains mainly Jewish soldiers in the Israeli army.

I think the continued avoidance of the question in a way answers it quite well. The treatment of Palestinians in the occupied territories is the source for the "apartheid" label, and throwing up smoke and mirrors doesn't change that hard fact.

As we continue our series 'Chronicles of Apartheid', we meet the 14 Arab and Druze members of the Israeli parliament who didn't get the memo.

Somehow, despite the 'apartheid', they manage to sneak into parliament every day. 👍️