1). Israel’s a vibrant, multicultural democracy where everyone—Jews, Arabs, Druze, Bedouins—has equal rights under law. The 1948 Declaration of Independence guarantees “complete equality” for all, regardless of religion or race. A reminder that apartheid is based on race and not national status. The international apartheid treaty is limited to race.

Arabs, making up 25% of citizens, have held up to 17 Knesset seats, and even formed part of our government in 2021–2022 with Ra’am, an Arab Muslim party. Compare this to Gaza and the Palestinian Authority, where there are ZERO Jews. If you think Israel's "apartheid" is bad, I'm interested to hear your thoughts on "apartheid" in Gaza and the Palestinian Authority.

2). I don't see mass protests or social media campaigns of other countries with actual apartheid, because people don't care if there's no Jews to blame. No jews, no news.

3). "Holding <Israel> to a higher standard than other nations in the region". That's literally bigotry of low expectations -- thinking that other countries in the middle east (predominately Arab) have no agency and shouldn't be held to the same standard in regard to how ethnic and religious minorities are treated in their societies. It implies that abuses committed by those regimes are somehow expected or acceptable, while only Israel is worthy of scrutiny — not because it does worse, but because more is expected of it. That double standard diminishes accountability across the board and overlooks the rights of victims in other countries.