Hafrada

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Hafrada (Hebrew: הפרדה, separation). The term has been used to describe a policy of the Israeli government to separate the Palestinian population in the West Bank and Gaza Strip from the Israeli population, by means such as the Israeli West Bank barrier. The barrier is thus sometimes called geder ha'hafrada ("separation fence") in Hebrew. Reverend Naim Ateek of Sabeel and Fred Shlomka, writing in The Middle East Times, point to the fact that hafrada means "separation" in Hebrew, while the word apartheid means "apartness" in Afrikaans. They suggest that this implies that Israeli's policy towards Palestinias and the former South African policy of Apartheid policy are equally unethical [1] [2].

Others claim that the two terms describe different things. Honest Reporting (UK) has described the comparison as "linguistic gymnastics". [3]

In Compromising Palestine: A Guide to Final Status Negotiations, author Aaron Klieman distinguishes between partition plans based on "hafrada", which Klieman translates as "detachment", and "hipardut", which Klieman translates as "disengagement." (Aaron S. Klieman, Compromising Palestine: A Guide to Final Status Negotiations, Columbia University Press (2000-01-15), ISBN 0-231-11789-2, p. 1)