The article is right about his comments being a banal observation of fact. The Isreli/Palestinian conflict complicates US relations with the Arab/Muslim world.
Whether Israel is an apartheid state is a debatable point, with the answer depending mainly on definitions. That Arabs/Muslims view it as such is just another banal recitation of reality.
“Banal recitation of reality”. Cute phrase.
Arabs have rights in Israel, a Hell of a lot more rights than exist in all other Arab nations combined.
Sharia is very specific: if you are not a male and Muslim, your have no rights, period, and can be killed at will.
The mere existance of Israel and the U.S.A., and our success in the world, outrages Arabs/Muslims. They have not been able to keep pace with the scientific advances of western civilization because Islam does not allow Free Will, very important for discoveries and experimentation.
Frankly I do not care about much of the Middle East outside of Israel, and would prefer our nation withdraw from having anything to do with Islamic dominated nations.
Only to idiots and Muslim propagandists.
Considering there’s a minaret in EVERY Israeli city, town and village and thousands of Palestinians cross the border EVERYDAY to work in Israel, its ABSURD to even coddle a discussion of “apartheid”. The Palestinians know they are not “occupied”, its the idiots who have never been there and listen to the Left who believe it.