Fact Check: Is Israel a Colonized Apartheid State?

On Oct. 7, the world saw first-hand the worst attack perpetrated against the Jewish people since the Holocaust. It all began when Hamas — the Democratically-elected political authority of the Gaza Strip — barraged Israel with a flurry of rockets.
Under the cover of that fire, Hamas troops invaded the Jewish state and embarked on a historic massacre of innocent civilians. Babies were beheaded. Women were raped. Children were tortured in front of their parents and vice versa. According