# What is the best defense of the apartheid-like system Israel enforces in occupied/settled/disputed territories? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [May 22, 2026, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-defense-of-the-apartheid-like-system-israel-enforces-in-occupied-settled-disputed-territories/1030314 "2026-05-22T17:23:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 174
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-defense-of-the-apartheid-like-system-israel-enforces-in-occupied-settled-disputed-territories/1030314/174 "2026-07-30T09:54:44Z")
> [@Max\_S](#): > > I just read **Shinna Minna Ma** ’s thread from 2010, and was not surprised to learn he moved to the West Bank for religious reasons. I just went back and read [that entire thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-crazy-settler/553889), and it was very interesting. Lots of discussions of law and religion and history, but very little discussion about the concerns, desires, and rights of everyday Palestinians who were living on that land and other lands in similar circumstances until being removed against their will. ISTM that the settler movement, and possibly now a very large portion of Israelis, has been successfully convinced that the desires, concerns, and rights of Palestinians are entirely irrelevant, whether or not the individuals are peaceful (as, of course, most Palestinians are). After all, out of sight, out of mind. And ISTM that Israeli and American media have been very successful at keeping the desires, concerns, and rights of Palestinians out of sight for most. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-defense-of-the-apartheid-like-system-israel-enforces-in-occupied-settled-disputed-territories/1030314)._