Israel/Palestine

You acknowledge the political diversity of Israeli politics, a diversity that was sorely lacking in South Africa during apartheid, yet, in the same breath, you propose to treat Israel in the same way as South Africa was treated then.

Never mind that apartheid is based on race and by this measure alone is not applicable to the situation in Israel, never mind that apartheid is a hierarchical model of discrimination within South Africa codified by law, never mind that South Africa, being a singular sovereign state that did not occupy territories of any other state, was not bound by international law to keep the people of occupied territories separate and apart from the people of the occupying power, never mind a multitude of other less prominent factors that have no parallels between South Africa and Israel... how can anyone seriously suggest that the world as a whole ought to apply the same measures to two completely unrelated sovereign entities that are miles, cultures, decades and circumstances apart to achieve... what, exactly?

It would be just as insane as treating hemorrhoids with the same medication as syphilis and expecting the same results.