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Israel: Palestinians Banned from Dead Sea

Categories: Middle East & North Africa, Israel, Palestine, South Africa, Ethnicity & Race, Law

Blogger Dan Fleshler reports [1] that IDF soldiers have received orders to prevent Palestinians from accessing the Dead Sea. “This is the kind of story that feeds into the increasingly popular tendency to equate Israel with South Africa under apartheid. I don’t buy into this equation…yet. There are a number of good arguments that show the differences,” he argues.