"Apartheid Week," the annual event organized on college campuses in the United States, Canada and elsewhere by extreme anti-Israel groups, is now two weeks. This year it is being held March 1-14 and spreading to campuses all over the world.
It includes lectures and exhibits aimed at convincing students that Israel is a racist, colonial state. Participants are asked to sign a document opposing Zionism while supporting the creation of a state for Palestinian Authority Arabs. IAW activists on the Columbia campus are setting up "mock apartheid wall", meant to represent the West Bank security fence. In Seattle, activists from the Palestinian solidarity movement have planned to protest a concert by Israeli musician Idan Reichel, saying that Reichel and Israeli artists like him are contributing to "culture theft." IAW events will also be held at a school near you as well as in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
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Professor Gerald Steinberg, head of NGO Monitor: The IAW campaign is part of the 2001 UN Durban strategy for "the complete international isolation of Israel' as a racist, apartheid and genocidal state...This NGO-led Durban strategy is not directed at the occupation, or to support a two-state solution, but seeks to eliminate the State of Israel.
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FIGHTING BACK AGAINST THE LIES
Stand With Us has produced a booklet titled "Middle East Apartheid Today" to counter Apartheid Week criticism of Israel. The booklet describes the oppression of black citizens of South Africa under apartheid and compares it to the situation of women, homosexuals, religious minorities, and reformists in countries such as Iran and Saudi Arabia. The booklet is available on the Stand With Us website.
The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA )has also put materials online to assist those interested in countering anti-Israel rhetoric. The site, www.israeliapartheidweek.com, includes information on the radical nature of Apartheid Week, the double standard implicit in criticizing Jewish self-determination and not that of other national groups, and genuine oppression elsewhere in the Middle East.
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"APARTHEID WEEK" BOYCOTT
"Apartheid Week" includes boycotts against stores selling Israeli consumer products. The likely focus will be on Trader Joe's and Whole Foods. The American Israel Chamber of Commerce BUY ISRAEL GOODS (B.I.G.)asks Israel supporters to turn the attempted boycott into a surge of support for Israel. Shop for Israeli products and tell store managers why you are there that day.
AICC's BUY ISRAEL GOODS "B.I.G. is a consumer guide for the retail purchase of Israeli products. Use B.I.G. to find the products you want and stores which carry them.
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