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Source: https://www.jns.org/opinion/the-debunking-of-the-apartheid-state-lie/
Participation of Arab Party in New Israeli Government Debunks the "Apartheid State" Lie
(JNS) Jonathan S. Tobin - The fiction that seeks to characterize the only democracy in the Middle East as morally equivalent to apartheid-era South Africa has gained traction in the media. The false analogy that demonizes and mischaracterizes life in Israel is a propaganda talking point rather than a serious argument. When Israel's new government takes office after a vote expected this Sunday, which will include the United Arab List (Ra'am) headed by Mansour Abbas, the idea that the Jewish state treats its non-Jewish minorities by a different legal standard will be exposed as a sad joke. The decision of Abbas to run separately from the other Arab parties in the last election was rooted in his belief that Israeli Arabs needed their political representatives to prioritize their well-being and interests over Palestinian nationalist goals. Abbas didn't become a Zionist, but he seems to have grasped the illogic of Israeli Arabs being the dupes of Hamas and the Palestinian Authority.