Last week, Human Rights Watch put disaffected and oppressed peoples across the globe in a precarious position by manipulating the definition of apartheid.
Most of the world thinks of apartheid in terms of the institutionalized racism, and resulting segregation, that once characterized South Africa — a system that today is still in place in some countries. For example, China is holding hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of Uyghur Muslims in what experts have described as concentration camps. Apartheid also is practiced in Egypt and Algeria, for example, where under the law Christians don’t have equal rights.
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Apartheid extends beyond racism, a reality made clear by the fact that its manifestation has a unique word. However, HRW specifically said in its report on Israel that it was no longer using the traditional definition of apartheid. Instead, HRW wrote an entire 60,000-word paper just to accuse Israel of what it calls the “crime of apartheid.” The only way the organization could make that egregious claim was by creating this new definition, the explanation for which was buried deep inside the document.
HRW’s “definition” is so broad that if you applied it fairly and rigorously then almost every person in every nation would be guilty of it, in one way or another. In doing so, HRW has effectively put the world’s most vulnerable populations at risk. How? Watch our video to find out!
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