Current sectionOpinionShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeZvi Bar'el01:11 AM • July 22 2026 IDTSupreme Court Justice Alex Stein is right. "The word apartheid has a very clear connotation – apartheid states should not exist," he commented during a hearing in which he and fellow justices Yael Willner and Ruth Ronnen rejected a petition filed by humanitarian groups against their being banned by Israel for operating in Gaza and in the West Bank.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:PalestiniansIsrael occupationIsrael war crimesWest BankGazaIsrael-PalestineHuman rightsCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesMamdani Vs. NetanyahuSettler ViolenceU.S.-IranBroadcasting BillIsrael ElectionsHélène CixousHaQuizHaaretz PodcastIsrael Election Poll: The Democrats Hold Steady as Arab Parties Gain GroundIsrael's Biggest 'Leftist' Political Party Can't Even Say the Word 'Occupation'Milking the Consumer: How a 'North Korean' Cartel Controls Israel's Dairy MarketForget Apartheid. Israel Is Engaged in Crimes of a Very Different KindSupreme Disgrace: Top Israeli Court Strangles Debate Over the Apartheid QuestionRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIThe Most Optimistic Israeli in Jerusalem Is Leaving the CountryAs Ground Invasion Looms, U.S. and Iran Want Wild-card Israel Out of the FightDemocrats Rejected U.S. Aid to Israel, and AIPAC Couldn't Stop ThemBetween Messi and Milei: How Argentina Became Israel's Team at the World CupThe Original Ozempic Society of Ancient Rome103 House Democrats Vote to Cut U.S. Aid to Israel in Landmark Symbolic Vote