A-Infos (en) Russia, Avtonom, [Palestine/Israel]: The Israeli group "Compass" carried out propaganda in support of the Palestinians and began to receive threats (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

The Israeli group "Compass" conducted a campaign in support of the 
Palestinians, "Russia is not the only occupier." After him, threats and 
accusations rained down on the group, and a lot of speculation arose. In 
this regard, the Compass team released a statement. ---- Explanation of 
the propaganda from the participants of Compass: ---- Although the main 
reason for the recent wave of immigration from the post-Soviet space is 
either direct Russian aggression or dictatorship and the threat of 
repression, many newcomers choose to overlook the occupation and 
genocide when it comes to the Palestinian people. Many such immigrants 
even joined the ranks of the Israeli occupation army and are directly 
involved in the crimes of the Israeli regime in Gaza and the West Bank. 
We decided to remind you that not only Russia is an occupying state, and 
that there is no "just" occupation and genocide. People have the right 
to live in peace and dignity - both in Ukraine and in Palestine. No one 
is free until everyone is free.

The term "apartheid" is translated from Afrikaans as "separation, 
separation".

Apartheid is a regime of domination of one racial or ethnic group over 
another through the implementation of a system of legalized segregation 
and the deprivation of political and civil rights of part of the 
population. Typically, such policies manifest themselves in the creation 
of enclaves cut off from each other, as well as in restricting the 
access of a discriminated group to certain territories on the basis of 
their race or ethnicity. Apartheid is a crime against humanity according 
to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.

What does it look like?
The entire area between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River is 
under the control of the Israeli regime. It is home to 14 million 
people: 7 million Jews and 7 million Palestinians. For Jewish citizens, 
it is a single territorial entity (with the exception of the Gaza 
Strip), regardless of whether they live within sovereign Israeli borders 
or in settlements in the occupied West Bank. For Palestinians, the 
territory under the Israeli regime is fragmented into separate legal 
units and the question of residence is fundamental.

4 categories of Palestinians:
- Palestinians of East Jerusalem
- West Bank Palestinians
- Palestinians of the Gaza Strip
- Palestinian citizens of Israel

East Jerusalem Palestinians - After illegal annexation in 1967, local 
residents received residency but not citizenship, and do not have the 
right to vote in elections to the central government, the Knesset. They 
are under constant threat of eviction and deprivation of residency, most 
often for the lack of a "center of life" in Jerusalem: for example, due 
to going abroad to study, or even to the West Bank. Population: 300 
thousand people.

West Bank Palestinians live under Israeli military occupation and are 
also unable to participate in elections to the Knesset, which controls 
all aspects of their lives. The West Bank is fragmented into 165 
enclaves, cut off from each other by Israeli illegal settlements, walls, 
checkpoints and roads accessible only to settlers. The settlements 
themselves are a closed military zone where Palestinians are prohibited 
from entering without a pass. Entry into Israel is strictly permitted 
with a pass. Population: 3 million.

Segregation in the West Bank is expressed in different ways:

Judicial arbitrariness-settlers and Palestinians in the West Bank are 
subject to different jurisdictions. For the same violation, at the same 
time and in the same place, a settler will be tried by an Israeli 
civilian court, and a Palestinian by a military tribunal, which has a 
100% conviction rate.

Administrative arrest is arrest without trial, charges or access to a 
lawyer. It can be renewed every 6 months. Thousands of Palestinians were 
detained this way; many lost their freedom for years. In custody they 
are routinely subjected to torture.

Land expropriation - through various bureaucratic tricks, Israel managed 
to expropriate more than 50% of all the land in the West Bank. Most 
often, this is done by declaring Palestinian land as state land (26.7% 
of the GB territory), by declaring the land as closed "fire zones" (18%) 
and nature reserves (7%). Much of this land goes to the settlements and 
their regional councils, which already have direct control over 42% of 
all West Bank land.

In the Gaza Strip, Palestinians have been under blockade by Israel since 
the Hamas coup in 2007. According to human rights organizations, the 
strip is an open-air prison: exit is only possible with a special pass, 
which is almost impossible to obtain. Israel controls Gaza's land 
border, air and sea space, and vital resources. Thus, even after the 
withdrawal of the army, Israel retains effective control over the 
sector. Population: 2.3 million.

Palestinian citizens of Israel - of the 7 million Palestinians living in 
one way or another under Israeli rule, only this group has the right to 
vote in elections to the central government. However, in practice and in 
law they are still subject to systemic discrimination. This is 
manifested in the expropriation of their lands, restrictions on urban 
development, the destruction of houses and "unrecognized" Bedouin 
villages, the prevention of family reunification, as well as the legal 
ban on living in some Jewish settlements. Population: 2 million.

Right of return
Jews and their descendants up to the 3rd generation have the right to 
citizenship regardless of their place of birth and ancestral connection 
with Israel. At the same time, Palestinian refugees born here and their 
descendants do not have such a right.

"Israel is the nation state of the Jewish people"
- Benjamin Netanyahu, on the passage of the Nationality Law of 2018

Conclusion
Of the 14 million people in Israel, only 7 million Jewish citizens have 
full civil rights. All Israeli repression is designed to reinforce the 
superiority of one group over another: Jews over Palestinians.

Does this mean it will always be like this? No. After all, even the most 
repressive regimes of the past, which previously seemed unshakable, 
eventually collapsed. And therefore, this is not a reason for despair, 
but a call to action and change.

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