Unless you have been living under a rock, you’ll know that Amnesty International released a vile report accusing Israel of ‘Apartheid’. Every informed and level headed person on the planet also knows it is a spiteful and false claim. 

In a recent ranking of the world’s democracies, Israel came in at number 23, which makes it one of the freest, most liberal and vibrant democracies on earth. Political leaders from the US, UK, Germany, Austria, Australia, the Czech Republic and Canada swiftly rejected Amnesty’s report.

The Amnesty report is even more obscene given that just across Israel’s northern border in Lebanon – there is an actual case of real Apartheid.

Most know that Amnesty followed HRW and B’tselem in spreading this libel, but many do not realise that this was not some ‘eureka’ moment for them all. Since 2001, they have all been working on Israel being labelled the new South Africa. Slowly but surely ramping up the volume with each passing year. It is one of the reasons that Amnesty has an obsession with attacking the Jewish state.

It is also important to understand their strategy has nothing to do with events in the real world. In fact, if you actually place Amnesty’s report next to reality – you will be left scratching your head. Just last year a broad coalition formed to become Israel’s new government – which even included an Islamist party. 

This total political inclusiveness is a key reason Israel’s saw a slight improvement between its ‘Democracy Index’ ranking in 2021 (23rd) and the one it received in 2020 (27th). Amnesty producing its report now, proves beyond much argument that they are working to a timetable that has nothing to do with what Israel does or does not do. That is a key message that those on the left should really pay attention to.