{"id":94065,"date":"2022-04-02T17:00:28","date_gmt":"2022-04-02T15:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=94065"},"modified":"2022-03-25T08:37:13","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T06:37:13","slug":"02-00-73","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=94065","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Diversity Is Definitely There\u2019: Former Miss Iraq Sarah Idan Defends Israel Against \u2018Apartheid\u2019 Charge"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.reunion68.com\/Biuletyn\/img\/algem.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"35%\"><\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><span><strong><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/2022\/03\/24\/diversity-is-definitely-there-former-miss-iraq-sarah-idan-defends-israel-against-apartheid-charge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2018Diversity Is Definitely There\u2019: Former Miss Iraq Sarah Idan Defends Israel Against \u2018Apartheid\u2019 Charge<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Shiryn Ghermezian<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 100%;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-24-at-10.42.46-PM.jpg\" width=\"100%\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>Former Miss Iraq Sarah Idan taking a selfie with students from Yeshiva College in Johannesburg, South Africa. Photo: Instagram.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Former Miss Iraq Sarah Idan dismissed claims that Israel is practicing \u201capartheid,\u201d a charge frequently&nbsp;<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/2022\/03\/17\/nelson-mandelas-grandson-blames-russian-invasion-on-ukraine-neo-nazis-and-apartheid-israel-dogs-of-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">levied by<\/a>&nbsp;anti-Zionist activists, while visiting South Africa this week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Speaking with South African radio personality Bafana Modise, the human rights activist and former beauty queen spoke about her personal experience witnessing coexistence between Arabs and Jews in Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cI didn\u2019t see any apartheid [in Israel],\u201d Idan said, noting that Israeli Arabs hold \u201chigh government positions,\u201d including as members of Knesset and ambassadors to foreign countries. \u201cDiversity is definitely there.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe id=\"twitter-widget-3\" class=\"\" style=\"position: static; visibility: visible; width: 100%; height: 640px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-3&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NrZWxldG9uX2xvYWRpbmdfMTMzOTgiOnsiYnVja2V0IjoiY3RhIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19zcGFjZV9jYXJkIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9mZiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9fQ%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1506556832411787268&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.algemeiner.com%2F2022%2F03%2F24%2Fdiversity-is-definitely-there-former-miss-iraq-sarah-idan-defends-israel-against-apartheid-charge%2F&amp;sessionId=fccb7aa437a6320fbcaf95da714aade04831fa18&amp;siteScreenName=Algemeiner&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2582c61%3A1645036219416&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1506556832411787268\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Modise likewise criticized the claim, saying, \u201cI\u2019ve been there more than twice, I\u2019ve never seen apartheid there.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Idan also argued in the interview that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is not comparable to the situation in apartheid-era South Africa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cWhat amazes me is that the people use this term but what happened in South Africa was done by the government against its own people. What we have in Israel is a war between two nations,\u201d she explained. \u201cHow can you use the word apartheid in Israel? They\u2019re two different nations. They\u2019re two different governments. How can you apply that term to the country? All Arabs who live in Israel have exactly the same rights as Israelis.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Idan, the founder and CEO of the NGO Humanity Forward, is currently in South Africa to speak with students about human rights, freedom of speech, mental health, and women\u2019s empowerment. She also focuses on the struggles women experience in Iraq, and how she and her family faced death threats and had to flee the country after she shared a photo with Miss Israel at the Miss Universe pageant in 2017. She elaborated on the ordeal in an op-ed last week for South Africa\u2019s Mail &amp; Guardian.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cFrom the way my family and I were treated, and by what I have learned since then, I have come to recognize that those calling most loudly for punitive action to be taken against Israel are not pro-peace nor are they even pro-Palestinian,\u201d she argued.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Rather, they are \u201csimply anti-Israel, and that so far as the relationship between Arabs and Israelis is concerned, this is deeply rooted in the antisemitic belief systems taught in Muslim countries and which are continually reinforced by biased media,\u201d she wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Idan said her experiences inspired her to promote \u201cpeace between Muslims and Jews, Arabs and Israelis, in the Middle East and beyond\u201d through her NGO Humanity Forward. The Miss Universe experience \u201cand what happened to me thereafter have shown me that negotiating peace for Israel and Palestine is not a betrayal of the Arab cause but a vital step to end conflict and suffering for both peoples,\u201d she reflected.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Idan\u2019s comments come as anti-Zionists activists stage Israel Apartheid Week demonstrations in South Africa, a campaign that seeks to rally support for boycotting the Jewish state. A mural unveiled at the University of Pretoria (Tuks) by the South African Union of Jewish Students (SAUJS), which promotes reconciliation through dialogue, was defaced on Tuesday with the slogan, \u201cFrom the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.\u201d The chant is often used to call for establishing a Palestinian state from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea, in lieu of Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The mural was painted by South African students as part of the \u201cHeal Over Hate\u201d campaign launched this year by SAUJS and StandWithUs.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 100%;\">\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"content-alignment\">\n<div id=\"watch-description\" class=\"yt-uix-button-panel\">\n<div id=\"watch-description-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><em>Zawarto\u015b\u0107 publikowanych artyku\u0142\u00f3w i materia\u0142\u00f3w nie reprezentuje pogl\u0105d\u00f3w ani opinii Reunion&#8217;68,<\/em><em><br \/>\nani te\u017c webmastera Blogu Reunion&#8217;68, chyba ze jest to wyra\u017anie zaznaczone.<br \/>\nTwoje uwagi, linki, w\u0142asne artyku\u0142y lub wiadomo\u015bci prze\u015blij na adres:<br \/>\n<\/em><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><em><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"mailto:webmaster@reunion68.com\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">webmaster@reunion68.com<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Diversity Is Definitely There\u2019: Former Miss Iraq Sarah Idan Defends Israel Against \u2018Apartheid\u2019 Charge Shiryn Ghermezian Former Miss Iraq Sarah Idan taking a selfie with students from Yeshiva College in Johannesburg, South Africa. 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