# 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:** 233
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-defense-of-the-apartheid-like-system-israel-enforces-in-occupied-settled-disputed-territories/1030314/233 "2026-08-03T07:21:55Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > As for the OP, again, the best defense for the apartheid-like system is that the vast majority of Palestinians want to live in a racially and religiously pure ethnostate and they are willing to commit moral atrocities to accomplish that goal. > [@Max\_S](#): > > The best defense would not assign a subjugated people collective blame for rebellions against its oppressors, nor widespread support of the same. > [@Smapti](#): > > Massacreing women and children is not “rebellion”. > [@MrDibble](#): > > According to Israel supporters, it’s just collateral damage. Even when you snipe 4-year olds. > [@Smapti](#): > > … document is from 2014 and is specifically regarding rules of engagement in an exclusion zone where _civilians of any sort are not supposed to be_. … > [@Smapti](#): > > … a situation where soldiers had legitimate cause to believe any person they encountered was hostile … Would it help if I wrote, “The best defense would not assign a subjugated people collective blame for moral atrocities against its oppressors, nor widespread support of the same as part of a broader rebellion”? ~Max --- _[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)._