Israel Apartheid Week is reported to be growing on college campuses;
its participants must have never spent any time in Jerusalem.
Arab families often visit Gan Sacher and other Jerusalem parks.
This is apartheid?
Hospitals are fully integrated; staff, patients, and visitors.
This is apartheid?
Shopping malls are open to all customers.
These ladies hailed a taxi on King George Street
after a successful shopping day at Ben Yehudah Mall.
Arab women shop on Jaffa Street on a regular basis,
often shopping alone.
This is apartheid?
Arab women walk freely in old neighborhoods,
and in new areas. This is apartheid?
However, with small children in hand,
women may not be able to move around quite so easily.
It is not simple for anyone to get a driver’s license in Jerusalem,
but the option is available to all.
Arab girls wait to ride on a regular public city bus.
As the world media focused on stone throwers,
this family was walking in nearby Baka.
There are fewer photos of Arab men,
because unless they are with women dressed in traditional clothes
it is often hard to pick them out in a crowd.
Yes there are serious problems, but
no legislation exists that discriminates against blacks.
Holy sites are open to people of all faiths.
Democratically elected Arab members in the Knesset speak,
vote and can propose laws.
Jerusalem may have plenty of problems,
but this is not apartheid.