Are there ''apartheid roads'' in the West Bank?
- BICOM (Apartheid Smear)
- Feb 22, 2016
- 1 min read
No. There are some roads that have been closed to some Palestinian traffic due to repeated shootings, bombings, and other attacks on Jewish and Arab road users. Before such attacks there were no restrictions. The Apartheid Smear ignores three facts: Israeli traffic is also banned from Palestinian areas because of security concerns; ‘Israeli traffic’ includes the vehicles of over one million Arab citizens of Israel who have also faced terrorist attacks; and all road closures are temporary and subject to constant review by the Israeli courts. The Israeli-only roads are not an example of apartheid. The motives of the Israeli government officials are not to create a permanent situation of discrimination based on race but a reasonable, temporary and emergency response to deadly security threats.



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