The Apartheid System in the Israeli and South African Experiences

Abstract

The apartheid system prevailed in South Africa in 1948. The natives of the land were segregated into ethnic groups in certain locations known as the Bantustan. According to apartheid laws, each ethic group, whether white or black in skin, is only liable to inhabit a certain region. However, the white have the right of mobilization while the Black are imprisoned in their selected areas. Such discrimination alludes to the one which is established by Israel to discriminate between the Palestinian Muslims and Christians in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and other occupied lands. Such racial discrimination is deeply rooted in the Jewish rationale. Sephardim and Ashkenazim, i.e. western or eastern Jews serve as a good example on this issue. The Western Jews look down upon their Eastern peers as being inferior by all means. The Zionist movement whose members are originally from the west have instigated this inequality and prejudice against their Eastern peers. Keywords: Apartheid, Sephardim, Ashkenazim, Zionist Movement, Bantustan.