“Apartheid state” is a leftist trope. It’s a red herring, inflammatory words designed to invoke emotion and cut off rational thought. Denying Arabs the vote does not equal “apartheid,” and conservatives shouldn’t accept that false premise.
The fact is that Israel is unique. Did the Boers in South Africa flee there after a tortured history of pogroms and genocide? No. Was SA established specifically to give the persecuted Afrikaans a safe homeland in the midst of a hostile world? No. And most important, did God Himself promise South Africa to white people? Of course not. So don’t toss around the word “apartheid” in reference to Israel.
Restricting the franchise to Jews is the most rational, least repressive, and most humane thing to do when a hostile minority is poised to threaten Israel’s very existence. It’s vastly preferable to the other alternatives. Israel needs to claim its own territory - all of it, including Judea and Samaria - and the Arabs can live there in peace without ethnic cleansing or expulsion. They just shouldn’t be allowed to vote.
That’s why I point out that Israel is NOT an APARTHEID STATE ... the accusations coming from its enemies! And also, Israel is not about to become one either!
That’s why Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu supports a TWO-STATE SOLUTION, per his Bar-Ilan speech in 2009!