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Source: https://www.israelhayom.com/opinions/what-apartheid-2/
What Apartheid?
(Israel Hayom) Yoseph Haddad - How dare B'Tselem say that I, an Arab Israeli who served along with Jewish soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces and managed hundreds of Jewish employees, live under an apartheid regime? How can anyone say this when among us you will find doctors, judges, and even lawmakers? Samer Haj-Yehia is the head of the biggest bank in Israel (Bank Leumi). I am not here to claim that everything in Israel is perfect. But show me a country where everything is perfect. I look around at our neighbors in the region and thank God I was born in Israel, the only democracy in the Middle East. While minorities across the Middle East - Shia Muslims, Sunni Muslims, Yazidi, Kurds, and Christians - are persecuted, Israel is the only country that grants minorities equal rights and the ability to influence their future. The writer is CEO of Together - Vouch for Each Other, an NGO which aims to bridge between the Arab and Jewish sectors of Israeli society.