[Ukraine/Israel] is established as an ethnic state after the end of the [Soviet/British] regime.
[Ukraine/Israel] passes laws to protect its language and national identity in the face of its neighboring [Russia/Arab states]
[Ukraine/Israel] is persecuting its [Russian/Arab] minorities by enacting discriminatory laws.
[Ukraine/Israel] does not recognize [DNR/Palestinian] statehood.
Obviously the parallels are not perfect, but the key is to understand that the Israeli right wing views Palestinians as Arabs, not as an independent nation, and views the establishment of the West Bank as a Jordanian/Arab land grab.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Arab_Republic
I’m not trying to assign right or wrong here, but trying to say that these sort of actions are not about pure evil racism than the outcome of regional conflict, and are much less one-dimensional than they are made out to be. As essentially all conflicts are. Racism/apartheid is one-dimensional, and this is not the same.
In other news, Israel appointed the first Muslim justice to its Supreme Court.
https://m.jpost.com/israel-news/article-698154/amp
Racism exists in Israel just as it does in America even though Barack Obama was elected president, and as it does in almost all countries. But its disingenuous to call Israel an apartheid state.