Yet Israel is 'the apartheid state'?

The BBC report that:

'People living in Syria's eastern Hasaka region are to be granted Syrian nationality by a decree from President Bashar al-Assad, according to state TV.

Many inhabitants of the region are Kurds, who make up about 10% of Syria's 22.5m population.
Kurds in Syria frequently complain of discrimination.

President Assad - who is under pressure from pro-democracy protests - met Kurdish leaders in the city of Hasaka on Tuesday to hear their demands.

The decree comes after he tasked a committee with examining the census of 1962 which was responsible for depriving some 120,000 Kurds in Hasaka - 20% of the total - of their citizenship.

It was not immediately clear how many Kurds Thursday's decree will affect, but it is estimated between 150,000 and 300,000 Kurds will benefit.'

So between 120,000 and 300,000 Kurds have been denied Syrian nationality for nearly 50 years and this is the first time that I can recall the BBC covering the story and they are only covering it because President Bashar al-Assad is granting them citizenship. Yes the BBC allow people to spout the line that 'Israel is an apartheid state' although all citizens of Israel can vote and have pretty much equal rights before the law. There are exceptions surrounding Arabs not being called up for military  service and around working in the nuclear industry, I believe.