Writer David Grossman suggests occupation has become ‘apartheid’

Leading writer says Israel’s presence in Palestinian territory ‘should no longer be called an occupation’; he has previously used the word apartheid to describe the situation

ISRAELI AUTHOR DAVID Grossman suggested Israel’s occupation of parts of the West Bank had turned into an “apartheid” government in an interview on Thursday.

“Maybe it should no longer be called an ‘occupation,’ but there are much harsher names, like ‘apartheid,’ for example,” he told Army Radio.

Grossman, one of Israel’s most prominent authors, said the government led by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett was “good and important.”

“But it cannot do the most important thing — cure Israel of the sick evil that is the occupation,” he said.

Grossman has used the word “apartheid” to describe Israel’s occupation before. The writer, who lost a son in the second Lebanon War in 2006, addressed a group of Israelis and Palestinians who lost family members in the conflict at an event in 2018.

“When Israel occupies and oppresses another nation, for 51 years, and creates an apartheid reality in the occupied territories — it becomes a lot less of a home,” he said.

FULL STORY Israeli author David Grossman suggests West Bank occupation has become ‘apartheid’ (Times of Israel)