Koenig

The 40-Year-Old Israeli Document That Forms The Backbone Of An Apartheid State

An Israeli border police officer stands as Palestinian women wait to cross the Qalandia checkpoint between the West Bank city of Ramallah and Jerusalem, June 17, 2015. (AP/Majdi Mohammed)
(ANALYSIS) — Forty years after the publication of the Koenig Memo (or Koenig Document), a new look at this historic paper is necessary to answer a key question: is it the foundation for designating Israel as an apartheid regime in accordance with international law?