Lapid: 2022 will see intense effort to paint Israel as apartheid state – Foreign minister warns Israeli participation in international events could be threatened by campaigns at The Hague and UN; says Israel open to a good deal on Iran’s nuclear program | Timesofisrael

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid warned on Monday that Israel will face intense campaigns to label it an apartheid state in 2022.
“We think that in the coming year, there will be debate that is unprecedented in its venom and in its radioactivity around the words ‘Israel as an apartheid state,’” Lapid said during a Zoom briefing with Israeli journalists.