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by Qem 615 days ago
> There's no similar context because the Apartheid system that existed in South Africa has no resemblance to today's Israel.

According to Human Rights Watch[1], Amnesty International[2], and many other human rights organizations, the regime in Israel today is in fact recognized as a system of apartheid. Mandela himself shown a lot of solidarity to the palestinian cause[3].

[1] https://www.hrw.org/report/2021/04/27/threshold-crossed/isra...

[2] https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/research/2022/02/qa-israel...

[3] https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/nelson-mandela-30-years-p...

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So, believe biased organizations or the dictionary. I'll go with the dictionary.