It's a nebulous concept that
"one who lives in a family some of which have been guilty
of child abuse has no right to be critical of child abuse by another family."
Well, the victim can certainly be critical but not the abuser or any enablers. So, I guess it matters whether your family is still enjoying the fruits of colonialism, aka QE2, or if they just enabled the abusers or continue to profit from the abuse. Of course, your family might be aborigine, so if that's the case, I'll apologize.
America is a land of immigrants, it's said, although many are not exactly welcomed. I'm white, my family came from Europe in the early 20th century. We clearly weren't slave owners, yet we continue to benefit from the economic system built on slavery and from white privilege. So, yes, I'm in favor of programs like affirmative action, even though I didn't participate in the perpetuation of the plantation system. I have no standing to be resentful about institutions aiding minority successes.
If you want the context of a discussion about Israel to be limited to Israel, then it has no context. This is a discussion of degree, yet you continue to bring absolutism into it.
Again, and again, Arabs are in the Knesset and were part of the last ruling coalition. Show me other countries guilty of "apartheid" where the victims had any role in government.
