Arabs in the occupied territories cannot move freely in Israel. They have special identity cards and must go through checkpoints. Those are legal issues.
Then there are the economic issues. The Arab areas are economically depressed compared to Israel. Many Arabs travel to work in Israel, having to go through checkpoints.
While Arabs of the Golan Heights and East Jerusalem were offered citizenship after those territories were annnexed, I don’t believe the Arabs of the West Bank were offered citizenship. The West Bank is divided into Palestinian adminstration and Jewish-owned areas.
There are certainly parallels between Israel and apartheid South Africa. “Apartheid” is a morally-loaded word but it is a natural policy where a powerful minority prevails amid hostility. It doesn’t have to be defined in strictly racial terms.
“While Arabs of the Golan Heights and East Jerusalem were offered citizenship after those territories were annnexed, I don’t believe the Arabs of the West Bank were offered citizenship. The West Bank is divided into Palestinian adminstration and Jewish-owned areas.”
That does give me some insight into Kerry’s assertions. The Arabs there, though, appear to endorse this “apartheid” in an aggressive fashion. Israel theoretically could escape this dreaded apartheid label by ceding the West Bank (minus East Jerusalem) to the Arabs. But the few hundred thousand Jews there would consequently be disgorged or buried without any international ado, and it would still be the Israel that is labelled “apartheid”.