In every sphere of life, the Blacks had it worse than Arabs living in Israel.
In the eyes of the world, I have been considered a pariah for most of my life.Ironic, really, for I was born on October 24, 1945, the same date as the establishment of the United Nations whose lofty ideals eschew collective opprobrium upon individuals based on skin color or religion.Barely two years out of toddlerdom, two consequential events would determine my status over the next three-quarters of a century, for I was born in South Africa both white and Jewish.
It earned me acceptance from my doubting colleagues, but amongst some family members still living in South Africa merely switched the epithet I endured from pariah to traitor.The arrival of Nelson Mandela on the world stage and the abolition of apartheid gradually led to the dissipation of antagonism towards white South Africans, but sadly the apartheid word was slowly being introduced to the vernacular of another theater of dispute—Israel.
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