Obviously, the Palestinian interpretation of the applicability of the Fourth Geneva Convention to the war of 1967 is different than that of Israel. The position of the U.S., as that of other members of the international community, is that these are issues to be settled in a final status agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Clearly, Israel was attacked by Arab forces in 1948. Israel sustained heavy casualties in the initial stages of this war and obviously did not choose this fate. In 1967, although Israel made a pre-emptive strike, this was a result of the mobilization of Arab armies on its borders.
Burrows goes on to imply that Israel applies an apartheid policy towards the Palestinian population.
In Israel, none of this ever existed. Although dozens of Palestinian suicide bombers blew themselves up in Israeli buses killing scores of Israelis, no one ever thought of the idea of segregated bus service, which would have saved the lives of many innocent Israeli civilians. Finally, Salah Tarif serves as a minister in the current coalition government of Ariel Sharon. That is not to say that there is no discrimination against Arabs in Israel, and this is something I vehemently oppose. However, this discrimination is not legislated Israeli policy.