On apartheid – Anshel Pfeffer in Haaretz:

‘It is also shows a total lack of proportion. The Amnesty report is unlikely to have much of an impact after the apartheid reports that appeared last year. It was published by Amnesty’s U.K. office with the express aim of trying to get the British government to reassess its close ties with Israel. But that’s not about to happen. Boris Johnson’s Conservative government is the most right-wing and pro-Israel one that Britain has ever had, and is extremely unlikely to pay any attention. Neither is Labour, the main opposition party, likely to want to play the report up as it is still trying to overcome the taint of antisemitism – a legacy of its previous leader, Jeremy Corbyn.
On every level, it would have made much more sense for the Israeli government to let this report wither on the vine, as it almost certainly ultimately will do.’

Read the article here.

Whether Israel is an apartheid state or not is not being discussed here. Whether Israel labelling an apartheid state is also noy being discussed here.

What’s interesting is the brutal honesty about reports of Amnesty or any other organization that is concerned about humans rights.

Reports whither on the vine, lip service is being paid to lofty ideals, but open cynicism has become a respected political strategy.