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"I am Israeli; Basel is Palestinian. And in two days we will go back to a land where we are not equal,” Abraham said.

It is important to note that what we see is not based on October 7 but the development of a new antisemitic ideological claim of Israel being the new apartheid.

The officer pictured was left 'shaken' by the online reaction to the picture, claimed Deputy Assistant Commissioner Matt Ward.

"They said they feel safe, have full rights, and its the country they call home."

Regarding claims that Israel is an apartheid state, he said: "Has anyone of you come to see apartheid in this country? It doesn't exist, you idiots!”

The statement has been interpreted by some as a statement meaning to wipe out every citizen of Gaza and was even used as evidence during the ICJ hearing by South Africa.

In response to his pro-Israel comments, the local Palestine Solidarity Alliance filed a complaint with the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee, which launched an investigation.

Israel is the sole island of freedom, human rights, and peaceful coexistence amid a sea of tyranny, dehumanization, and violent oppression. 

Chris Williamson, a former Labour MP, has claimed that Israel is an apartheid regime and that the IDF killed Israeli civilians in Hamas' October 7 attack.

South Africa criticized the ambassador this week over public comments he made but did not specify what he had said.