When the Israeli Apartheid Week takes place in Israel, there’s a lot for us to worry about

Last week, the 10th annual Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) launched in over 200 cities worldwide. This international series of events which includes rallies, lectures, cultural performances, film screenings and multimedia displays — exposed many people who are clueless about Israel and the area with a pile of lies, marking it as an apartheid state.

The people behind Israeli Apartheid Week are taking the very politically and historically charged word “apartheid” and trying to convince people into believing it is, in fact, the simple answer to the complicated Israeli-Palestinian relationship. By using “human rights” rhetoric, IAW seeks to raise awareness about Israel's alleged apartheid policies towards the Palestinians and build support for the growing “Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions” (BDS) movement.

Truth is, the people behind IAW want to hurt the Jewish people. Much like BDS activists, they are practicing modern-day anti-Semitism in disguise. They do not wish to help the Palestinians, and the most recent proof of that is their call to shut down the SodaStream factory operating in the West Bank, even though it hires Palestinians alongside Jewish employees at equal conditions and salaries. Boycotting SodaStream, much like many other Israeli companies, “>here.)

Unfortunately, there was a big, dark cloud hovering above this victory of truth. On Wednesday, it was reported that students at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem conducted an anti-Israel exhibit, one of the most popular forms of propaganda during IAW.