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Criticism of Israeli apartheid analogy

Comparisons between Israel and apartheid South Africa has been rejected by groups and individuals, including:

• Benjamin Pogrund, a South-African born journalist and author.
• Michael Kinsley, journalist and former co-host of Crossfire (TV series).
• Mangosuthu Buthelezi, former South African Minister of home affairs.
• Jean-Christophe Rufin, founder of Médecins Sans Frontières and former French ambassador to Senegal.
• Dominique de Villepin, former Prime Minister of France.
• Irwin Cotler, anti-apartheid activist and former lawyer for Nelson Mandela, currently a Canadian member of parliament.
• Irshad Manji, author of The Trouble with Islam Today.
• Gerry M. Steinberg, professor of Political Studies at Bar Ilan University and founder of NGO monitor.
• Benny Morris, professor of History in the Middle Eastern studies department at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
• Ishmael Khaldi, Israeli-Arab diplomat and deputy consul.
• F. W. de Klerk, former President of South Africa responsible for engineering the end of the apartheid.
• Rhoda Kadalie, former South African Human Rights Commissioner.
• Malcolm Hedding, South African minister and anti-apartheid activist.
• StandWithUs, a pro-Israel advocacy organization.
• John Strawson, professor international studies at University of East London.
• Kenneth Arrow, American economist and Nobel-Prize winner.
• Philippe Buc, Professor of history at Stanford University.
• Larry Diamond, scholar of democracy studies and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution.
• Josef Joffe, political science professor at Stanford University, associated professor at Harvard University, and former publish-editor of Die Zeit.
• Stephen D. Krasner, former Director of Policy Planning at United States Department of State and current professor of international relations at Standard University.
• Richard Cohen, syndicated columnist for the Washington Post.
• Mohammed S. Wattad, Israeli-Arab academic at the Scholars for Peace in the Middle East.
• Alan Dershowitz, American lawyer and Felix Frankfurter professor of law at Harvard University.
• Avner Cohen, professor of philosophy at Tel Aviv University and author of Israel and the Bomb
• Khaled Abu Toameh, Israeli-Arab journalist for the Jerusalem Post.
• Abe Foxman, director of the Anti-Defamation League.
• Honest Reporting, a pro-Israel watchdog organization.
• Simon Deng, Sudanese human rights activist.
• Beryl P. Wajsman
• Yitzchok Adlerstein
• Glenn Greenwald, American lawyer and journalist for Salon.com.
• Thomas Friedman, 3-time Pulitzer Prize winner columnist for the New York Times.
• Martin Kramer, American author and scholar at Harvard University.