Is the anti-terrorist fence not a manifestation of apartheid and racism?
Almost every Palestinian claim attaches the term “apartheid” to the fence. But the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is nothing like the situation that existed in South Africa, and Israel’s anti-terrorist fence has nothing to do with racial separation, but with the need to prevent terrorism. Apartheid was a system of racial segregation, designed to preserve the status quo and oppress black South Africans, who were denied all rights, while mingling between the ethnic groups was strictly forbidden. Palestinian propaganda utterly ignores the fact that the conflict between Palestinians and Israelis is not a racial one, but, in fact, a national-territorial conflict between two distinct peoples. The fence was not designed to separate the peoples according to their race or religion, but rather to separate the perpetrators of terrorism from their victims. It will allow both Israelis and Palestinians to live side-by-side in peace, free from the conflict caused by terrorism. Israel is basically inter
