Google employee resigns after ‘retaliation’ for protesting Israeli contract
I applaud her for her courage. Israel has seemingly been given leeway to do as they please when it comes to Palestianian freedom of movement. And Google&#x27;s none the better with their AI drone programme.<p>I mean Palestinians have it hard to put it lightly. Israel is an Apartheid State that&#x27;s enacting a harsh Apartheid system against these people:<p>* Illegal Settlers living in Palestine can vote in Israel but not Palestinians. Apartheid South Africa did the same, they put the people in their own &quot;country&quot; and so couldn&#x27;t vote. Israel doesn&#x27;t want 2 states as that would mean millions more voting.<p>* Israel has ethnically cleansed and fragmented areas into [isolated cantons divided by Israeli settlements](<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Palestinian_enclaves" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Palestinian_enclaves</a>), and implemented [lebensraum](<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Lebensraum" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Lebensraum</a>) tactics. This was called [Bantustans](<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Bantustan" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Bantustan</a>) in South Africa.<p>* [It denies Palestinian fishing past 3 nautical miles in some areas, and not past 15 nautical miles](<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ochaopt.org&#x2F;sites&#x2F;default&#x2F;files&#x2F;styles&#x2F;inline100_standard&#x2F;public&#x2F;images&#x2F;gaza2.png" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ochaopt.org&#x2F;sites&#x2F;default&#x2F;files&#x2F;styles&#x2F;inline100...</a>)<p>* [The Apartheid Separation wall](<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;i.pinimg.com&#x2F;originals&#x2F;d0&#x2F;73&#x2F;81&#x2F;d07381fffef632350bcbb535bbaeced8.jpg" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;i.pinimg.com&#x2F;originals&#x2F;d0&#x2F;73&#x2F;81&#x2F;d07381fffef632350bcb...</a>)?<p>* The settlers killing, and burning homes to get rid of people and destroying olive tree groves.<p>* [They control the water completely](<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_the_State_of_Palestine" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Water_supply_and_sanitation_in...</a>).<p>* [They get 12 hours of electricity a day](<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ochaopt.org&#x2F;page&#x2F;gaza-strip-electricity-supply" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ochaopt.org&#x2F;page&#x2F;gaza-strip-electricity-supply</a>).<p>* Palestinians didn&#x27;t have 3G until 2018, their access is also restricted.<p>* They [blockade](<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Blockade_of_the_Gaza_Strip" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Blockade_of_the_Gaza_Strip</a>) Gaza, making it a prison.<p>* [Not All Israeli Citizens Are Equal](<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;2012&#x2F;05&#x2F;24&#x2F;opinion&#x2F;not-all-israeli-citizens-are-equal.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;2012&#x2F;05&#x2F;24&#x2F;opinion&#x2F;not-all-israeli-c...</a>)<p>* There were `5,248,185` Palestinian refugees in 2020; that&#x27;s equal to half the population of Israel.<p>* [Israel dictates who you can marry](<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;preview.redd.it&#x2F;1k7jnev0pq971.jpg?width=1024&amp;auto=webp&amp;s=8ae55bbb3f4cdf4a5bab72b249b1e003ce2bf926" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;preview.redd.it&#x2F;1k7jnev0pq971.jpg?width=1024&amp;auto=we...</a>)<p>* [Segregated road system](<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;s3.amazonaws.com&#x2F;VP2&#x2F;visuals&#x2F;en&#x2F;4db97391fe7cb246224980917f5bd997.png?2015" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;s3.amazonaws.com&#x2F;VP2&#x2F;visuals&#x2F;en&#x2F;4db97391fe7cb2462249...</a>)<p>* 50% of Palestinians are children.<p>As someone from South Africa, I&#x27;ve seen ethnic cleansing and Israel is doing worse. Israel is absolutely an Apartheid state. Various human rights organisations have already stated this<p>And it seems in the comments here, Zionism is conflated with anti-semitism. Zionism is extreme nationalism (at the expense of innocent Palestinians), not anti-Jew.