I read with interest letters to the editor regarding Israel and the Palestinians. Former President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Jimmy Carter a long time ago called what Israel is doing to Palestinians apartheid. Now we have Amnesty International calls the situation apartheid after an investigation. They state that the Israeli state maintains “an institutionalized regime of oppression and domination of the Palestinian population for the benefit of the Jewish Israelis”.
Apartheid is considered a crime against humanity under international law. Until Israel either accepts the Palestinians fully into the state of Israel or grants the Palestinians full independence as a separate state, it is apartheid. The current situation is unacceptable as it is now. I think it is in the long-term interests of Israel to solve this problem for their sake and for the sake of future world peace.
Craig Fournier
Webster