African Truth of Israeli Apartheid: Gross Mistreatment in Violation of Int’l Law
/For more than six decades since its creation in 1948, the Israeli regime has hidden its crimes against native Arab people with the façade of “national security”.
The Israeli usurpers have systematically stolen land from the native Palestinians, killed them, brutalized them, and pushed millions into exile or into squalid ghettos.
Yet when charged with these blatant crimes against humanity, the Israeli regime defends its racist genocidal conduct in terms of security against “Arab terrorism”. It has gotten away with this despicable charade and affront to international law and morality in large measure because of the cynical indulgence of its patron in Washington.
American presidents repeat the mantra of “Israel’s right to security” – even as that regime shoots down Palestinian children, as it did again this week, and launches air strikes on family homes, schools and hospitals.
Nevertheless, this outrageous distortion is now being laid bare from a surprising quarter, as impoverishing African refugees residing in Israel rise up to expose its barbaric policies. And the Israeli regime is dealing with this mounting African refugee problem in the only way that it knows how – through ruthless racist repression.
Tens of thousands of Africans who fled to Israel for political asylum in recent years have this week taken to the streets of Tel Aviv to protest at the inhumane conditions being imposed on them.
In the past five years, Israel has seen a wave of refugees from Africa. Most of them have entered by crossing the Egyptian border, often after enduring hazardous journeys and running the gauntlet of smugglers and armed gangs.
There is estimated to be some 60,000 Africans – mainly from Sudan and Eritrea – seeking asylum in Israel. Officially, Israel is a signatory to the United Nations Convention on Refugees and is therefore legally obligated to offer asylum to these people. [MORE]
