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Israel Apartheid Week has come and gone this year....However much one says that Arabs in Israel suffer, and whoever is to blame for that alleged suffering, there is no apartheid in Israel. Meanwhile, however, in Sudan and Mauritania, racist Arab societies enslave blacks. Today. Most of the slaves are African Muslims. Yet there is no Arab Apartheid Week on American campuses. Why not? One might think American student activists would be upset about Mauritania, the West African country with the largest population of black slaves in the world – estimates range from 100,000 to more than a half-million. In Mauritania,...

Islamic Jihad, Hizbullah Praise Attack in Jerusalem by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu The Hizbullah and Islamic Jihad terrorist groups praised Wednesday’s deadly terror bomb attack in Jerusalem, while Palestinian Authority leaders condemned it and Hamas said it was a "natural response to Israeli crimes."

The apartheid in Israel is not what you think. This week has been declared "Apartheid Week" on campuses throughout North America. Spurred on by Jimmy Carter's book, Arabs and liberal leftists throughout the world are celebrating international recognition of a South Africa in the Middle East. Many op-ed pieces and articles are attacking the "apartheid" label. But I think they're wrong. In this case, I'm in agreement with many who are 'on the other side.' Of course, though, we are viewing different realities and seeing an entirely dissimilar picture. But they are correct. Israel practices apartheid, and another of their favorite...