Apartheid, International Law, and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

Apartheid is a loaded term; saturated with history and emotion. It conjures up images and of discrimination, oppression, and brutality; indulgence, privilege, and pretension; , resistance, and, ultimately, emancipation. All of which come to us through history of apartheid in South Africa. Although prohibited and criminalized by international in response to the situation in southern Africa, the concept of apartheid never given enormous attention by international lawyers. Following an awakening interest in the international legal prohibition of apartheid as a potentially appropriate through which to view the situation of the Palestinians, this article examines the of such a claim in the context of Israeli law and practice in the occupied Palestinian .