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Apartheid Suçları ve Etnik Ayrımcılık: İsrail Örneği

Year 2024, Issue: 12, 853 - 880, 15.09.2024
https://doi.org/10.56720/mevzu.1517061

Abstract

İsrail’in 7 Ekim 2023 tarihinde gerçekleşen Aksa Tufanı Operasyonu’na verdiği karşılık, soykırım suçları kapsamında değerlendirilebilecek uygula-malar ve müsebbibi olduğu katliamlar sonucunda apartheid rejimi kavramı dünya genelinde ciddi bir biçimde tartışılır hale geldi. Bu makalenin amacı uluslararası sözleşmeler ışığında apartheid suçu ve bu suçun temelini oluş-turan ırksal ayrımcılığın kökenlerini İsrail örneği üzerinden incelemektir. Öncelikle sosyal psikoloji alanında yapılan çalışmalar göz önünde bulundu-rulduğunda etnik kimliğe dayalı gruplaşmaların özünde maksimum fayda-dan ziyade diğer grupla maksimum ayrışmanın ön plana çıktığı görülmek-tedir. Elde edilen bulgular İsrail-Filistin meselesi özelinde incelendiğinde İs-rail’in ‘makbul Yahudi’ kimliğini teşvik ettiği ve bu kimliğin dışında kalan tüm etnik gruplara ayrımcılık uyguladığı anlaşılmaktadır. İsrail’de uygula-nan etnik ayrımcılığa sadece Filistinliler değil, Afrika ve Sefarad Yahudileri de muhatap olmuştur. Başta Birleşmiş Milletler olmak üzere uluslararası kurum ve kuruluşların hazırladığı raporlar ve kararlar ışığında Filistin’e uygulanan ayrımcılık incelendiğinde, Filistinlilerin İsrail anayasasına yer-leşmiş sistematik bir ayrımcılığın muhatabı olduğu görülmektedir. Filistinli-ler, İsrail’de yaşayan İsrail vatandaşları, Doğu Kudüs’te yaşayan süresiz oturuma sahip Filistinliler ve işgal altında Batı Şeria ve Gazze’de yaşam mücadelesi veren Filistinliler olarak üç farklı nüfuz bölgesinde çeşitli düzey-lerde apartheid rejimine muhatap olmaktadırlar. Bilhassa Doğu Kudüs, Batı Şeria ve Gazze’de yaşayan Filistinliler uluslararası sözleşmelerde apartheid suçları olarak tanımlanan suçların neredeyse tamamına maruz kalmaktadır-lar. İsrail’in uyguladığı toprak politikası, Yahudiler ve Filistinliler olarak özetlenebilecek iki yapılı hukuk sistemi ve Filistinlileri bölmeye ve sürgün etmeye odaklı çeşitli işgal politikaları apartheid suçlarının ana omurgasını oluşturmaktadır.

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Apartheid Crimes and Ethnic Discrimination: The Case of Israel

Year 2024, Issue: 12, 853 - 880, 15.09.2024
https://doi.org/10.56720/mevzu.1517061

Abstract

Israel's response to the Operation Al-Aqsa Flood on October 7, 2023, which includes practices that could be considered genocide and massacres, has led to serious global debates on the concept of apartheid regime. This article examines the origins of racial discrimination, which forms the back-bone of the apartheid crime, considering international conventions. Initially, considering the studies in the field of social psychology, it was understood that ethnic-based groupings are more about maximizing the distinction from other groups rather than maximum benefit. When the findings are exam-ined specifically in the context of the Israel-Palestine issue, it is understood that Israel promotes the identity of the 'accepted Jew' and discriminates against all other ethnic groups outside of this identity. Not only Palestinian Arabs but also Jews of African and Middle Eastern origin have been sub-jected to ethnic discrimination in Israel. In light of the reports prepared by international institutions and organizations, especially the United Nations, when the discrimination against Palestinians is examined, it is seen that Pal-estinians are subjected to systematic discrimination enshrined in the Israeli constitution. Palestinians face various levels of apartheid regime in three different spheres of influence: Palestinian citizens living in Israel, Palestini-ans with permanent residency living in East Jerusalem, and Palestinians struggling to live in the occupied West Bank and Gaza. Especially Palestini-ans living in East Jerusalem, the West Bank, and Gaza are subjected to al-most all the crimes defined as apartheid crimes in international conventions. Israel's land policy, the dual legal system that can be summarized as Jews and non-Jews, and various occupation policies focused on dividing and exil-ing Palestinians constitute the main backbone of apartheid crimes.

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Primary Language Turkish
Subjects War Studies
Journal Section Articles
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Ayhan Sarı 0000-0002-8752-7205

Publication Date September 15, 2024
Submission Date July 16, 2024
Acceptance Date September 5, 2024
Published in Issue Year 2024 Issue: 12

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ISNAD Sarı, Ayhan. “Apartheid Suçları Ve Etnik Ayrımcılık: İsrail Örneği”. Mevzu – Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 12 (September 2024), 853-880. https://doi.org/10.56720/mevzu.1517061.

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