Israel running ‘apartheid regime’ in Hebron, says man who could be next leader of Germany

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Israel running ‘apartheid regime’ in Hebron, says man who could be next leader of Germany

Sigmar Gabriel posted on Facebook that he is depressed to see how Israel humiliates Palestinians

By RAPHAEL AHREN March 14, 2012, 9:43 pm Updated: March 14, 2012, 11:59 pm

The chairman of Germany’s main opposition party has accused Israel of running an “apartheid regime” in Hebron.

“I was just in Hebron. There’s a legal vacuum there for Palestinians. This is an apartheid regime, for which there is no justification,” Sigmar Gabriel – who has a good chance of becoming Germany’s next chancellor – posted on his Facebook wall. The post quickly drew hundreds of responses, mostly from pro-Israel surfers, some of whom threatened to cancel their memberships in the SPD, the party that Gabriel leads.