Today’s Israel looks like South Africa at the height of the apartheid: David Shulman
The Hindu
Israeli Indologist David Shulman warns of escalating settler violence in the West Bank, comparing Israel to apartheid-era South Africa.
David Shulman, the Israeli Indologist, poet and peace activist, says the West Bank has witnessed enhanced settler violence ever since the latest war between Israel and Hamas broke out. Today’s Israel looks like the South Africa at the height of apartheid, “just a few years before the system collapsed,” he says, adding that the West Bank has become “a cauldron that could explode any moment”. In an interview with The Hindu, Mr. Shulman speaks about his works on southern India, the crisis in West Asia, and the prospects for peace. Edited excerpts:
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