{"id":3715,"date":"2024-08-03T01:36:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T23:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fokusisrael.ch\/?page_id=3715"},"modified":"2026-04-02T00:40:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T22:40:24","slug":"is-israel-an-apartheid-state-as-some-of-its-opponents-claim","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fokusisrael.ch\/en\/questions-and-answers-on-israel-gaza-and-the-palestinians\/is-israel-an-apartheid-state-as-some-of-its-opponents-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Israel an &#8220;apartheid state&#8221;, as some of its opponents claim?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She was a member of the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, and today she is one of the world&#8217;s most respected analysts of the situation in Israel and the Middle East: political scientist Dr. Einat Wilf. 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