"A powerful state is controlling another people through an open-ended occupation, settling its own people on the land in violation of international law and enforcing a legal regime of institutionalized discrimination," Ban Ki-moon recently said. “The starting point of a new approach must be to recognize the fundamental asymmetry between the parties. This is not a conflict between equals that can be resolved through bilateral negotiations, confidence-building measures or mutual sequencing of steps."

"If AIPAC really cared about the United States it would support democracy, which America is supposed to stand for in the world, rather than apartheid, which prevails from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea," Walter Hixson argues. "Despite racist policies, illegal occupation and illegal settlements, AIPAC propaganda routinely and mendaciously trumpets Israel as the 'sole democracy' of the Middle East."