Schlaglicht Israel Nr. 3 /22 Aktuelles aus israelischen Tageszeitungen 1.-15. Februar Die Themen dieser Ausgabe 1. Amnesty International bezichtigt Israel der Apartheid................................................................................................ 1 2. Polizei bedient sich der Spionage-Software Pegasus................................................................................................. 4 3. Appell an israelische Staatsbürgerinnen, die Ukraine zu verlassen.......................................................................... 6 4. Medienquerschnitt........................................................................................................................................................... 8 1. Amnesty International bezichtigt Israel der Apartheid Eine Welle der Entrüstung löste die Menschen­rechtsorganisation Amnesty International mit ihrem jüngsten Bericht aus, in dem sie Israel der Apartheid bezichtigt. Palästinenser_innen in den besetzten Gebieten aber auch innerhalb Israels würden als „minderwertige“ Bürger_innen behandelt. Israels Außenminister Yair Lapid warf Amnesty vor, sich auf "von Terrororganisationen verbreitete Lügen" zu stützen. Der Zentralrat der Juden in Deutschland sprach von Antisemitismus. Mit dem Bericht werde Israel das Existenzrecht abgesprochen. Auch die Bundesregierung distanzierte sich. Amnesty setzte dem entgegen, den Apartheidsbegriff im völkerrecht­lichen verwendet zu haben. Eine Gleichsetzung der Situation der Palästinenser_innen mit jener von Schwarzen Menschen im damaligen Apartheidstaat Südafrika sei damit nicht gemeint. The missed opportunity in Amnesty's Israeli apartheid report The Amnesty International report(...) is an extreme­ly pretentious document, one that tries to make a thorough accounting of all of Israel’s sins against the Palestinians from the beginning of time, without differentiating between the territory of the State of Israel and the territories under its control.(…) the report gives the impression that it loathes Israel as a country that was founded and recognized as the nation of the Jewish people. While the report elabo­rates on the founding of Israel, the mass expulsion of Palestinians, and the destruction of many villages, it fails to mention the war that Israel was forced to wage against those who sought its destruction. It essentially rejects the idea of Israel as a nation-state and homeland, as though the concept of a home­land was a Jewish-Israeli invention. The recommen­dations that appear in the report are an invitation(...) to lead Israel into national annihilation.(...) there is no real differentiation between Israel in its sovereign territory and the territories under its control in one form or another, between the Palestinians who are citizens of Israel and the Palestinians in the territo­rie s. This approach is evidently unfounded.(…) The report also misses the opportunity to construct a much stronger argument, even if not entirely con­vincing, that Israel's rule in the West Bank is an apartheid regime.(…) It would be wrong to dismiss Amnesty International as antisemitic.(…) In a sense, it is impossible to criticize the report's au­thors for ignoring the Green Line, the pre-1967 bor­ders of Israel. This, after all, is what Israel has been doing for years, with its leaders standing in full pub­lic view and unblushingly declaring that the Ariel settlement is part of Israel. If Israel sticks to this line, it will find itself accused of apartheid. Mordechai Kremnitzer, HAA, 02.02.22 1