Ha’aretz Editor to UN: Israel is Apartheid State
The JTA reports that Danny Rubinstein of the Ha’aretz editorial board is unrepentant for his Aug. 30 comment at a UN Palestinian conference that Israeli is an “apartheid state.” UN Watch describes the conference itself as “a wolf in sheep’s clothing” which “excluded anyone representing Israel’s position.”
Speaking later in London under the sponsorship of the New Israel Fund, Rubinstein pointed out that “apartheid” is a term “he and his newspaper increasingly use.” While Rubinstein maybe representative of Ha’aretz, it is becoming ever more clear that Ha’aretz is not representative of Israel.
In the conference’s one-sided lineup, Rubinstein joined Raji Sourani, who justifies Hamas attacks as “resistance;” Jamal Juma, who describes Israel as a “colonial racist apartheid state;” Leila Shahid, Palestinian envoy to the EU and cousin to late PLO leader Yassir Arafat; several other Palestinian officials; and Middle Eastern or European representatives of pro-Palestinian lobby groups and campaigns for boycotts and sanctions against Israel.
Rubinstein has proven himself as a worthy member of the small group “of selected Israeli presenters who are ardent advocates for Palestinian claims,” as described by UN Watch. According to UN Watch head Hillel Neuer, “by citizenship they may be Israeli, but only a scoundrel or a fool would imagine these token Israelis as representatives of their nation’s point of view.”
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